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Harold Herbert Avis

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Harold Herbert Avis Veteran

Birth
Cockburn Island, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada
Death
23 Apr 1964 (aged 73)
Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Section D, Block 5, Lot 10
Memorial ID
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WWI Reg. #3205343
Enlisted January 4, 1918 at Calgary, Alberta in the 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment and served with the 21st Reserve Battalion and Area Signal Detachment, Canadian Engineers in England. Discharge due to demobilization on July 18, 1919 with Rank of Sapper.
Birth: Feb. 8th, 1890; Cockburn Island, Ontario [Ontario Births shows Feb. 8th, 1891]
Next-of-kin: Annie Avis, mother, at Calgary.
Trade: Telephone Mechanic
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HAROLD AVIS OBITUARY
Calgary Herald – April 24 1964

AVIS – April 23rd, Harold beloved husband of Mrs. Frances Avis, 114A Crescent Road. Besides his wife he is survived by one son Donald; three brothers, Walter and Gordon, Calgary; Frank H., Toledo, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. W. K. Hall, Vancouver, Ann Ethel and Esther, both of Calgary. Services at Foster's Garden Chapel, 540 16th Ave. N.W. Saturday at 3 p.m. The Rev. Dr. M. Nicholson officiating.
Transcribed by Contributor: Joanne Robb (47655504)
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Alberta Death Index
Harold Avis
Death: 23 April 1964; Calgary
Birth: 08 Feb 1891; Ontario
Father: G. Avis
Mother: A. McAnulty
Reg. #1964-08-003754
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Harold is buried in a family plot in Burnsland cemetery, along with his mother and 3 other siblings.
AFHS records show markers for mother, Annie Avis, son Albert Gordon and daughter Mary Esther Avis.
AFHS records show unmarked graves for son, Harold Herbert Avis, and Harold's sister, Annie Ethel Avis.
WWI Reg. #3205343
Enlisted January 4, 1918 at Calgary, Alberta in the 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment and served with the 21st Reserve Battalion and Area Signal Detachment, Canadian Engineers in England. Discharge due to demobilization on July 18, 1919 with Rank of Sapper.
Birth: Feb. 8th, 1890; Cockburn Island, Ontario [Ontario Births shows Feb. 8th, 1891]
Next-of-kin: Annie Avis, mother, at Calgary.
Trade: Telephone Mechanic
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HAROLD AVIS OBITUARY
Calgary Herald – April 24 1964

AVIS – April 23rd, Harold beloved husband of Mrs. Frances Avis, 114A Crescent Road. Besides his wife he is survived by one son Donald; three brothers, Walter and Gordon, Calgary; Frank H., Toledo, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. W. K. Hall, Vancouver, Ann Ethel and Esther, both of Calgary. Services at Foster's Garden Chapel, 540 16th Ave. N.W. Saturday at 3 p.m. The Rev. Dr. M. Nicholson officiating.
Transcribed by Contributor: Joanne Robb (47655504)
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Alberta Death Index
Harold Avis
Death: 23 April 1964; Calgary
Birth: 08 Feb 1891; Ontario
Father: G. Avis
Mother: A. McAnulty
Reg. #1964-08-003754
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Harold is buried in a family plot in Burnsland cemetery, along with his mother and 3 other siblings.
AFHS records show markers for mother, Annie Avis, son Albert Gordon and daughter Mary Esther Avis.
AFHS records show unmarked graves for son, Harold Herbert Avis, and Harold's sister, Annie Ethel Avis.

Inscription

(tall headstone)
ANNIE McANULTY
AVIS
JAN 5 1852-MAR 2 1929

AVIS

(footstone)
MOTHER

(second headstone)
AVIS
SISTER
M. ESTHER L
1897-1984

BROTHER
A GORDON
1895-1986

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

Gravesite Details

Mar 18 2021 - Request for headstone consideration submitted to Last Post Fund. Resubmitted Nov 27 2021. Jan 26 2023 - Cemetery office advise there is no space for 3rd marker on the plot. Request denied.



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  • Maintained by: Bear Hugs
  • Originally Created by: Deb
  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138965999/harold_herbert-avis: accessed ), memorial page for Harold Herbert Avis (8 Feb 1891–23 Apr 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138965999, citing Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by Bear Hugs (contributor 47810210).