Private Laurance Tolmy Harrison
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Harrison,
Laurance Tolmy
Date of birth: 1901-01-03
Place of birth: Southampton Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Harry L. Harrison, Father, Fergus, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Address:
Fergus, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-08-08
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Adelaide Cemetery (Villers-Bretonneux), II.G.18
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 928754
Highest Rank:
Private
(18th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private (Army).
- Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 25903
LAC ID:
445669
Service file: B4108-S034
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Harrison, of Acton, Ontario.
Possibly a held rank of Sergeant when KIA:
Globe & Mail 21-0-18 reports: "Sgt. Lawrence Harrison of Fergus was killed in action on the 8th of August. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Harrison, a good student and athlete. He enlisted with the 153rd Battalion in March 1916, when only sixteen years of age, and went overseas a year later. He was above his average in musketry and was sent to France with the signallers in 1918 in the Headquarters Staff of the 18th Battalion, and won promotion to his Sergeancy on the field."
Source: http://153rdwellington.com/153rd.html?mode=view&id=593
Uploader's Research notes: 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 153rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion ee ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2010-01-17
Last modified: 2018-03-11