Jenner, Harry Lewis

Regimental Number: 101114
Rank: Private
Branch: 49th Battalion

Harry was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario on April 27, 1893. He came to the Peace country over the Edson Trail in October of 1913 and filed on a homestead one and a half miles north of Hythe the following spring. Harry enlisted in the Canadian army in July of 1915. In November of 1917, he received shrapnel wounds to his right arm and side. In December of 1917, while serving overseas, Harry married Agnes, a Scotswoman. They came back to Hythe in 1920. Harry died in Viking, Alberta on February 3, 1956.

Sources: Centennial Celebration Edson Trail p. 113; Pioneer Round Up p. 236

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