Name:
Harry Richard Lee
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
696691
Unit:
50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Date of Death:
1917-11-26
State:
Alberta
Cemetery:
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
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Harry Richard “Hank” Lee was born on November 24, 1896, in Halstad, Norman County, Minnesota. He was the son of Robert Gerhard Lee and Bertha Halvorsdatter Stigen Lee. He served in the 50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), as a Private during World War I.
Pvt Lee died on October 26, 1917, in Belgium. His name is memorialized on the Menin Gate Memorial, Panel #30 in Ypres, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
Source of information: www.cwgc.org