Pte
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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#1 Lieu de naissance
#2 Lieu d'enrôlement
#3 Lieu du décès ou lieu d'inhumation d'origine

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.

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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