Simon Peter Harris

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772281

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 27th, 1918

Cemetery:

Ontario Cemetery - Nord, France - I.A.8.

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Devonshire

Birth city:

Barton

Address at enlistment:

Cathcart, Ontario

Next of kin address:

63 Murray Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed(active tab)

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action – During operations at Inchy-en-Artois, he was instantly killed by enemy shell fire.

BX October 11, 1918

Miss Ethel McLlary, Cathcart has been notified that Private Simon Peter Harris, who enlisted here with the 125th Battalion, had been killed in action on September 27. Private Harris was an English lad and had no relatives in this country. He formerly lived in Cathcart.