Alfred John Harding

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

2355680

Unit at enlistment:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

August 16th, 1918

Cemetery:

Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery - Somme, France - VIA.C.5.

Birth country:

Canada

Birth city:

Montreal, Quebec

Address at enlistment:

1623 Donald Street, Flint Michigan, U.S.A.

Next of kin address:

Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Factory Foreman

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds (Gunshot wounds left thigh) at No. 48 Casualty Clearing Station.

BX August 26, 1918

Another promising young Brantford boy has made the supreme sacrifice in the person of Private Alfred John Harding, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Harding of Cainsville. Word was received on Saturday of the death of Pte. A.J. Harding, who died on Aug. 16 of gunshot wounds received in the thigh. Private Harding enlisted in Flint, Mich., and was transferred to a Canadian Battalion hence leaving for overseas last November. He was 19 years old and loved by all who knew him. Before going to Flint he worked in the Massey-Harris office of this city. He leaves to mourn his loss, a sorrowing mother and father, one sister Annie at home and three brothers, Herb of this city, Sapper Victor Harding of the Royal Engineers and Reginald of Sudbury.

BX August 28, 1918

Officially Reported

In the list of casualties issued from Ottawa this morning, Alfred John Harding, Cainsville, is officially reported as having died of wounds received in action. He was with the Machine Gun Corps.