Davis, Harry Alfred

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Davis, Harry Alfred

• By Joseph Sleith

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• Regimental Number 414881
• Promotion Lieutenant on 4-4-1917
• Born in Springhill NS, June 30, 1896

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Description

• Before enlistment he was a miner at the
  Springhill mines
• 19 years old 1 month
• 6 ¼ ins.
• Blue eyes
• Brown hair
• Church of England

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The Promotion

• Went to cadet camp training to be an officer.
• Was promoted on 4-4-1917 from the 25th Infantry
  Battalion.
• Victoria Rifles as a temporary Lieutenant.
• Nova Scotia to 60th Infantry Battalion.

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Casualty

• 13 days after his promotion and transfer to the
  60th Bat. He had a gunshot wound GSW, and
  shrapnel wounds in the left hand and left hip
• He was taken to Boulogne, France treated with a
  fracture to the base of the skull and died.

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The WILL

• His father James A. Davis is the soul beneficiary
  of Harold's estate

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Details on Death
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