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ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Harry Standley Murree
Regimental Number:
415593
Rank:
Private
Battalion:
25th Battalion
Date of Birth:
October 8, 1893
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth NS
Date of Enlistment:
April 10, 1914
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth, N.S.
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, N.S.
Age at Enlistment:
21
Height:
5 feet, 4¾ inches
Complexion:
Dark
Eyes:
Brown
Hair:
Brown
Prior Military Experience:
29th Battery CFA (Yarmouth NS) joined in 1912
Trade:
Longshoreman
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Henry Murree (Mother) Yarmouth. NS
Date of Death:
June 15, 1916
Age at Death:
22
Memorial:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium
Memorial Reference:
Panel 26 - 30
Commemorated on Page 140 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 1
Harry Standley Murree was the son of Henry J. Murree (b. 1854) and Eizabeth (Muise) Murree (1854-1915)
of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
He enlisted at Yarmouth with the 40th Battalion. He went overseas arriving in England on October 25,
1915. At Shorncliffe he was assigned to the 17th Reserve Battalion. He embarked for France on
December 21, 1915 and was taken on strength with the 25th Battalion in the field on December 12, 1915.
On June 15, 1916 Private Murree was killed in action while in the trenches at Hill 60, Zillebeke. His name
is inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium.
Harry Standley Murree
