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Harry Pinney

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772066
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Northamptonshire
Birth city: 
Wellingborough
Address at enlistment: 
78 Brant Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
78 Brant Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Bench hand
Employer: 
Massey-Harris Co.
Religious denominations: 
Roman Catholic
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
26

Letters and documents

BX May 15, 1917

Samuel Pinney, 78 Brant Street, has received word from Ottawa that his son, Private Harry Pinney, had been slightly wounded in the ankle and admitted to the 16th Stationary Hospital at St. Omer France, on May 5.

BX May 18, 1917

Seriously Ill

Seriously ill at No. 10 Stationary Hospital, Stormer was the word received today by Mr. Samuel Pinney, 78 Brant Street, in reference to his son, Private Harry Pinney. Pte. Pinney is suffering from a gunshot wound in his ankle and a compound fracture. Before war broke out Private Pinney was working at the Massey-Harris Plant.  He went overseas with the first overseas battalion from the 38th Dufferin Rifles. Pte. Pinney was a single man.

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