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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Louis Narcis Harris
2005027
Private
Canadian Army Medical Corps
3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
May 1, 1896
Little River Harbour, Yarmouth Co., NS
December 27, 1916
Halifax, NS
Yarmouth, NS
20
5 feet, 5 inches
medium
dark brown
brown
Single
Dentist
Roman Catholic
James Harris (Father) Little River Harbour,
Yarmouth Co., NS
August 26, 1918
22
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France
Plot: XVII. J. 25.
Commemorated on Page 424 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on September 11 and 12
Louis Narcis Harris was the son of James and Mary Harris, of Little River Harbour, Yarmouth Co., NS.
Prior to his enlistment he was a dental assistant to Dr. Egerton Allen.
He initially enlisted with the Canadian Army Medical Corps but in England, transferred to the the 3rd
Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, and went to France on November 23, 1917.
While on a gun crew in a shell hole on August 26, 1918, in the vicinity of Fampoux, Private Harris
was instantly killed when an enemy shell made a direct hit on the gun position.
He was initially buried in the Blangy Military Cemetery, one half mile east of Arras, France.
Louis Narcis Harris
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Library and Archives Canada
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
“A Monument Speaks” A Thurston; 1989 (p 201)
photo: Courtesy of Dianne Jacquard
