Harry Ewing Duke

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
730088
Unit at enlistment: 
111th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Commemorated at: 
Park Baptist Church
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
Preston, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
198 Brock Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Bank clerk
Religious denominations: 
Baptist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
19

Letters and documents

BX August 29, 1917

Harry Ewing Duke Reported Wounded

Robert G. Duke, of 228 Nelson Street, has received official word that his son, Private Harry Duke, had been wounded on August 19, and admitted to the hospital. Pte. Duke enlisted early in the war with a Waterloo Battalion being a resident of Preston at that time.

BX August 29, 1917

The casualty lists include the following as wounded and gassed. Pte. Edward Christie of Brantford and Corporal Elmer James Clinch of Ohsweken wounded, Privates William Hickson, 63 Park Avenue, Brantford; Louis Ernest Edwards, 157 Sheridan Street, Brantford; Harry Ewing Duke and Thomas Warren Ireland, Brantford, Privates, Simon Wilson and Arthur Ebenezer Noah of Ohsweken. 

BX October 29, 1918
 
Are Returning

Secretary MacDonald of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission today received word that three Brantford men would return tonight. They are R.G. Raynor, 28 Mt. Pleasant Street; H.E. Duke, 228 Nelson Street, and C. Webb, 9 Elizabeth Street. They will arrive in Toronto today some time and are expected on the Grand Trunk train this evening.

BX January 26, 1940

Harry Ewing Duke

Harry E. Duke, 294 Grand Street, passed away suddenly Friday morning at his residence in his forty-fifth year.  He had apparently been in good health and his sudden death came as a great shock to his family and many friends.  Mr. Duke was born in Brantford and resided here practically all his life.  He was a member of the Brantford Branch of the Canadian Legion and served during the First Great War, leaving Waterloo with the 111th Battalion.  Mr. Duke was employed with the William Paterson Company Ltd., up until one year ago.  His mother predeceased him six years ago.  Besides his sorrowing widow, formerly Miss Elsie M. Ashley, he leaves to mourn his loss one daughter, Verna, and one son, Ross, at home; his father, Robert G. Duke, Brantford.  One sister, Mable, Detroit, Michigan, also survives.  Mr. Duke is resting at Reid and Brown’s Slumber Room until Sunday when funeral services will be held in the chapel in the afternoon.  Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

BX January 29, 1940

To the Grave – Harry Ewing Duke

Funeral services for Harry E. Duke, 294 Grand Street, who passed away suddenly Friday, were conducted Sunday afternoon from Reid and Brown’s Chapel, Rev. H.W. Mollins, Pastor of Park Baptist Church, conducted the services.  A profusion of beautiful floral tributes and attendance at the funeral of many friends marked the high esteem in which the deceased was held.

Among those present were representatives from the William Paterson Company, Masonic circles of the City, United Commercial Travelers and confectionery merchants, as well as members of the Canadian Legion, who attended in a body and paid tribute at the graveside to their departed comrade and friend.  The pallbearers were Frank and Lloyd Summerhayes, Ralph Ashby, Stewart Mack, William Martin and William Cross.  Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.