George James Harper

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
871022
Unit at enlistment: 
16th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
November 8th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Menin Gate Memorial - Ypres, Belgium - Panel 24.26.28.30
Commemorated at: 
St. James Anglican Church
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
518 Windsor Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Next of kin address: 
518 Windsor Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Trade or calling: 
Moulder
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
38

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. On the morning of November 8th, 1917, whilst in the front line trench on Passchendaele Ridge, he was killed by shell fire when the positions were subjected to a heavy enemy bombardment.

BX November 23, 1917

Private George James Harper Reported Killed in Action

Word was received this morning by Mr. J.W. Harper, contractor, 101 Grand Street, Terrace Hill that his son, George James Harper, had been killed in action at the front. He enlisted in the west.