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Harry Wilfred Havens
Informations sur naissance
Date de naissance: 03/03/1887 |
Lieu de naissance: Jacksonville, New Brunswick, Canada |
Informations générales
Profession: Agriculteur |
Informations service militaire
Pays: Canada |
Force armée: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Rang: Private |
Numéro de service: 817921 |
Incorporation nom de lieu: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
Unités: — Canadian Infantry, 26th Bn. (New Brunswick) (Dernière unité connue) |
Informations sur décès
Date de décès: 06/11/1917 |
Lieu de décès: Crest Farm, Passchendaele, Belgique |
Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
Âge: 30 |
Cimetière
Tyne Cot Cemetery Parcelle: XXXV Rangée: E Tombe: 5 |
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Mon histoire
Private Havens Harry Wilfred of the 26th Battalion (New Brunswick) Canadian Infantry (5th Canadian Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division) was killed in action on the 6th of November 1917. He was killed by a concussion from the explosion of a shell, at Passchendaele, at about 8.00 o’ clock on the morning of 6 November 1917.
The 2nd Canadian Division attacked with only one Brigade. The 6th Canadian Brigade advanced towards the village of Passchendaele at 6.00 a.m. By 8.45 a.m. the village and the eastern crest beyond were firmly in Canadian hands. The 5th Canadian Brigade formed the right flank using the 26th Battalion for the purpose.
Harry was killed when his battalion was consolidating the new front line to the right of the Passchendaele Church. He was buried, southeast of Crest Farm. His remains were reinterred in Tyne Cot Cemetery after the war.
The 2nd Canadian Division attacked with only one Brigade. The 6th Canadian Brigade advanced towards the village of Passchendaele at 6.00 a.m. By 8.45 a.m. the village and the eastern crest beyond were firmly in Canadian hands. The 5th Canadian Brigade formed the right flank using the 26th Battalion for the purpose.
Harry was killed when his battalion was consolidating the new front line to the right of the Passchendaele Church. He was buried, southeast of Crest Farm. His remains were reinterred in Tyne Cot Cemetery after the war.
Sources 4
26th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4934, Microfilm reel number: T-10737--T-10738, File number: 421). https://library-archives.canada.ca Sources utilisées |
McCarthy Chris., Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018). Sources utilisées |
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4159 - 5). https://library-archives.canada.ca Sources utilisées |
War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, 1992-93/314; Volume Number: 190). https://library-archives.canada.ca Sources utilisées |
Complément d’informations 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/463110 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5926528 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=a734f626-3512-43a0-be5b-4326a7ab2441 |
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/463110 |