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John Harris Jean Athanase "Johnnie" Harris 2330479 Private 31 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps January 26, 1899 Little River Harbour, Yarmouth Co., NS July 25, 1917 Aldershot, Kings Co., NS Little River Harbour, Yarmouth Co., NS 18 5 feet, 6 inches Dark Black Brown Single Roman Catholic Fisherman James Harris (Father) Little River Harbour, Yarmouth Co., NS May 29, 1919 October 18, 1972 73 St. Gabriel’s Cemetery, Comeau’s Hill, Yarmouth Co., NS Jean Athanase ‘John or Johnnie’ Harris was the son of Jacques Arcade ‘James’ Harris (1863-1954) and Marie ‘Mary’ Suzanne (Fitzgerald) Harris (1861-1926). John’s 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), Louis Narcisse Harris (1896- 1918), 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, Louis Narcis Harris, served with the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, and was killed in action on August 26, 1918. Jean was the husband of Madelaine Gertrude Surette (1904-1960), and the father of Iva Marguerite Harris (1932-1991), and Alvin John Harris (1935-1986). He enlisted at Aldershot in July 1917 and arrived in England on September 15, 1917. He was struck off strength from the Nova Scotia Forestry Draft to 31 Company Canadian Forestry Corps at Sunningdale, England and departed for France on October 28, 1917. He returned to England in May 1919 and was transferred to Kimmel Park Camp at Rhyl for return to Canada. He served in France and Belgium with the 31st Company, Canadian Forestry Corps. He was discharged at Halifax, NS on demobilization on May 29, 1919.

Sources: Library and Archives Canada findagrave.com Background Photo: Canadian Forest Corps unloading timber, France, during World War I. The photographer recorded an official visit by Canadian journalists to see the work of the Canadian Forestry Corps. The Corps consisted of lumbermen recruited to work in forests in England, Scotland and later in France. They felled timber and produced the huge quantities of wood needed for such things as railroad ties and roads. By the end of the war there were 10,000 foresters working in Britain and 12,000 in France. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Canadian Journalists visit France. Inspecting the work of the Canadian Forestry Detachment.']