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Louis Narcis Harris
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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
Listed on the Yarmouth War Memorial
Louis Narcis Harris was the son of Jacques Arcade ‘James’ Harris (1863-1954) and Marie ‘Mary’
Suzanne (Fitzgerald) Harris (1861-1926), of Little River Harbour, Yarmouth Co., NS. His middle name
is sometimes recorded as Narcisse.
Louis’ siblings were George Edmund Harris (1882-1973), William Alfred ‘Willie’ Harris (1884-1976),
Marie ‘Irene’ Harris (b. 1886), Joseph Andre Harris (1888-1919), Annie E Harris (b. 1891), Anne
Madelaine ‘Annie’ Harris (1891-1976), Jacques Arcade ‘Oscar’ Harris (1893-1978), John Harris
(1899-1972), Freeman Nelson Harris (1901-1901), Clara Elizabeth Harris Deveau (1902-2008), Hilda
Seraphine Harris (1904-2003), Freeman Henry Harris (1906-1989), Alfred Lorenne Harris (1908-
1992).
His brother, John Harris, served with the 31st Company of the Canadian Forestry Corps in Europe,
and survived the war.
Prior to his enlistment, Louis he was a dental assistant to Dr. Egerton Allen.
He initially enlisted with the Canadian Army Medical Corps but in England, transferred to the 3rd
Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, and transferred to France on November 23, 1917.
While on a gun crew in a shell hole on August 26, 1918, in the vicinity of Fampoux, France, Private
Harris was instantly killed when an enemy shell made a direct hit on the gun position. The village of
Fampoux was cleared by the 51st (Highland) Division on August 26th.
He was initially buried in the Blangy Military Cemetery, one half mile east of Arras, France, and
reinterred at the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery in near Vimy Ridge in Souchez, Pas de Calais,
France.
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photo: Courtesy of Dianne Jacquard
