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Newspaper clipping 1 Newspaper clipping 2

Attestation Papers 1
Harry Hedderson attestation papers

Commemorated on Page 101 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.

Burial Information:
Cemetery: VIMY MEMORIAL
France
Grave Reference: N/A (No known grave
Location: Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English:

TO THE VALOUR OF THEIR COUNTRYMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE OF CANADA

Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as "missing, presumed dead" in France.

A plaque at the entrance to the memorial states that the land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was "the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada". Eleven thousand tonnes of concrete and masonry were required for the base of the memorial and 5,500 tonnes of "trau" stone were brought from Yugoslavia for the pylons and the sculptured figures. Construction of the massive work began in 1925, and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII.

The park surrounding the Vimy Memorial was created by horticultural experts. Canadian trees and shrubs were planted in great masses to resemble the woods and forests of Canada. Wooded parklands surround the grassy slopes of the approaches around the Vimy Memorial. Trenches and tunnels have been restored and preserved and the visitor can picture the magnitude of the task that faced the Canadian Corps on that distant dawn when history was made.

Private Harry Hedderson KIA 17 Sept. 1916
	66265 Harry Hedderson 24th Bn, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) Canadian Expeditionary Force Son of Thomas Hedderson Battle Harbour , Labrador On enlistment recorded next of kin Father, Thomas Hedderson of Midland, Ontario. b. 15 May 1879 Died of battle wounds 17 Sept. 1916 Enlisted at Lindsay, Ontario 4 March 1915 Joined 45th Victoria Regiment and transferred to 24 Bn. (VR) CEF 7 May 1915, then 39th Bn. CEF 27 September 1915 Wounded 20 September 1916 Missing after action 15 Dec. 1916 Presumed Dead 10 Oct 1917 1914-15 Star. Ed Note: This is the only photograph we could find of Harry Hedderson. It is from a newspaper clipping. If anyone has a better one we would be pleased to have a copy. Contact us at:
Commemorated on Page 101 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Burial Information: Cemetery: VIMY MEMORIAL France Grave Reference: N/A (No known grave Location: Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English: TO THE VALOUR OF THEIR COUNTRYMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE OF CANADA Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as "missing, presumed dead" in France. A plaque at the entrance to the memorial states that the land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was "the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada". Eleven thousand tonnes of concrete and masonry were required for the base of the memorial and 5,500 tonnes of "trau" stone were brought from Yugoslavia for the pylons and the sculptured figures. Construction of the massive work began in 1925, and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII. The park surrounding the Vimy Memorial was created by horticultural experts. Canadian trees and shrubs were planted in great masses to resemble the woods and forests of Canada. Wooded parklands surround the grassy slopes of the approaches around the Vimy Memorial. Trenches and tunnels have been restored and preserved and the visitor can picture the magnitude of the task that faced the Canadian Corps on that distant dawn when history was made.
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