Private Harry Chambers

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Chambers, Harry

Date of birth: 1896-02-02

Place of birth: Leicester

Next of kin: Harry Chambers (father) Asquith, Saskatchewan

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Farmer

Occupation (normalized): General Farmer

Address: Asquith, Saskatchewan

Religion: Presbyterian

Date of death: 1918-09-29

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Sancourt British Cemetery, I. C. 24

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 472991

Highest Rank: Private (72nd Battalion)

Rank detail

Private, 72nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: Attack on Sancourt and Blecourt

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 566633

LAC ID: 94831

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B1609-S009

Uploader's Notes:

Harry was shot in the right foot in September 1917. He was evacuated to hospital and returned to service about a month later. See his digitized service file for further details.

Son of Harry and Selina Chambers, of Asquith, Saskatchewan.

Digitized image of Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948 for Harry Chambers is available on ancestry.com. It reports that he was "Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action"

He is included in the Asquith and District Roll of Honour on page 31 of The Asquith Record as Chambers, H, but he is NOT highlighted as dying on the "field of honor."

Uploader's Research notes:

Link to the local history book, The Asquith Record (1982)

Link to his page on the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 72nd Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2017-03-09