In memory of

Private

Harry Chambers

who died on 29 Sep 1918

Service details
  Conflict WWI
  Service Army
  Unit 72nd Battalion, British Columbia Regiment
  Rank Private
  Service number 472991
  Date of death 19180929
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  472991 Private (72nd Battalion, British Columbia Regiment) Harry Chambers Jr. (b.1896) of Asquith was KIA 19180929 at Bourlon and is buried at Sancourt British cemetery northwest of Cambrai, Nord, France. He was the son of Harry and Selina (Marshall) Chambers who came from Leicester, England, to homestead NW18-37-9-W3 northwest of Asquith in 1904. Harry Jr. was farming when he enlisted at Saskatoon early in 1916.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Sancourt British cemetery, Nord, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Asquith
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Personal information
  Date of birth 18960202
  Place of birth Leicester, Leicestershire, England    
  Date of enlistment 19160127
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Asquith    
  Occupation farmer
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