Date of birth: 03/01/1898

Place of birth: Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine

Last known residence: 1613, Saint Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession: Helper

Religion: Judaism

Country: Canada

Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force

Rank: Private

Service number: 491622

Enlistment date: 21/11/1916

Enlistment place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Units:  —  Canadian Infantry, 24th Bn. (Victoria Rifles)  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 07/11/1917

Place of death: Tiber, Passchendaele, Belgium

Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Age: 19

Harry Scolnuck a young Ukrainian-Canadian was killed at Passchendaele on 7 November 1917. The young man was from Kamyanets-Podilsky, in western Ukraine. A region that was part of the Russian Empire until the First World War. During the war the Canadian government interned more than 8,500 immigrants. Most of them came from Ukraine, which then partly belonged of Austria-Hungary. Nevertheless, Harry enlisted at the end of 1916.

Barely one year later he is killed. His unit, 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), is on the front line south of Passchendaele. Their positions, after the capture of the village on 6 November, are under constant artillery fire. Their losses are enormous.

Harry is buried on the Passchendaele Hillcrest together with 8 comrades. They are all later reported missing. With the help of the 'Names in the Landscape' project, we were able to put the locations of their field graves back on the map.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1595852

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=de2065d6-fa30-4318-a817-b1e11d9dd508