Harvey J. Eby Image

Name

Harvey J. Eby

Born

1890-06-19

Birth Place

Occupation

Butcher

Religion

Methodist

Died

1961

Cemetery







Service Record 1


Regimental Number

6788

Highest Rank

Sapper

Conflict

Battalion

1st Battalion - 1st Contingent

Enlisted

Valcartier, QC

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1914-09-22

Prev Exp

4 Yrs. Military Camp and South African Boer War.

Wounded Date

1915-12-06

Wounds

Gunshot wound, back, chest, shoulder

Wounded Where

France

Discharge Date

1919-03-13

Discharge Cause

Demobilization



Artefacts, Photographs & Resources

Visit the Online Collections of the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre through the link below, for more information and artefacts related to this soldier.


Online Collections Link




Notes

Also served in the South Africa Boer War. Location at Walkerton Cemetery: Lot # 2 Block C Section N/E.




Sources & Links

- a) “Walkerton Public Cemetery (257) Branch Veteran’s Photo Gallery & Veterans of WWI & WWII that moved into the Community” BCM&CC, A2022.003.001;
- b) See also Obituary in the Walkerton Herald-Times, November 16, 1961.
- c) In honoured memory of the men of Southampton and Saugeen reserve who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918 : order of service for unveiling of memorial (A957.013.001).
- Library & Archives Canada