27717 Pte Alfred Harrigan, 15th Bn CEF.
A steam fitter at the Otto Higel factory in Toronto, Alfred was born at Port Hope, Ontario on 6 September 1898. He enlisted into the CEF at Valcartier on 20 September 1914 and served in France from February 1915. Alfred was killed in the trenches near St Jean (on a day described as ‘quiet' in the battalion war diary). He has no known grave, and Alred is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
29 April 1915
Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.
