LEST WE FORGET 151 HARRIS, Herbert John “Bert” WWI Bert was born on August 31, 1897 (family says 1898) to Joseph and Elizabeth (Cockell) Harris in Eastbourne, England. He had a sister, Gladys, and a brother, Thomas. The family was living in Rocanville, Saskatchewan and Bert was working as a clerk at the Union Bank when he enlisted on November 4, 1915 with the 217th Battalion in Rocanville. He was hospitalized in Regina with diphtheria from February 21, 1917 to March 9, 1917 while training. He left Halifax on June 2, 1917 aboard the Olympia and was assigned to the 19th Reserve in Bramshott. He was appointed Corporal on July 17, 1917 but reverted to permanent grade of Private on October 5, 1917 so he could go to France. He arrived in France with the 1st CMR on October 19, 1917. He was awarded a Good Conduct Badge on March 17, 1918 and was hospitalized for gastritis in September 1918. He left Liverpool for Canada on March 12, 1919 aboard the Baltic and was discharged in Regina on March 25, 1919. Bert returned to his bank clerk position in Rocanville and joined the Great War Veterans Association in Rocanville on October 21, 1919. In 1923, he married Annie Robina Matthews, whose family had come to Rocanville in 1910 from Ontario. Bert found employment in Seattle where the couple had two children, Paul and Donald. After moving to Vancouver, they had two more children, Ralph and Sylvia. Bert worked as a manager for Link Belt Works for many years. Herbert Harris passed away on September 19, 1956 and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Burnaby, BC. HARVEY, James Gordon Richard WWI Lance Corporal James Richard Harvey was born in Orillia, Ontario, on January 10, 1877. His parents James Henwood Harvey and Priscilla Amelia (Harris) were living in Outlook when James enlisted on December 17, 1915. Thirty-eight-year-old James Richard Harvey was working as a farmer and deputy sheriff. He was married to Rosa Branscombe, a registered nurse, in Regina in 1907. They had four children: Margaret, James Douglas, James Richard and William (RCAF, WWII). When her husband went to war, Rosa and family moved to Moose Jaw. James sailed with his mates from the 128th battalion on August 15, 1916. He was posted to Belgium with the famous 46th Battalion on May 17, 1917. He suffered from chronic rheumatism and spent eight months in a military hospital. He was also hospitalized with trench fever on December 3, 1917, and suffered a gunshot wound to his upper left arm and right foot. He was discharged on July 31, 1919. He and his family lived in Moose Jaw. James Gordon Richard Harvey died on December 15, 1958, in Saskatoon. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in that city. Rosa Harvey passed away in 1967.
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