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Company Quartermaster Serjeant JOHN HARKNESS

Service Number: 11511
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

"B" Coy. 9th Bn

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XXXI. D. 19.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Harkness, of 150, Stephenson Avenue. Toronto, Canada. Enlisted at Glasgow, Aug., 1914. Served 3 years in France. Native of Glasgow.
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7486
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