Private Harker F. Coutts

Rank and Name on Wall of Service: Private Harker F. Coutts
Service: 4th, 119th, 227th Bn, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Years of Service: 1915 - 1918
Medals Received: Victory Medal, Service Medal, British Empire

John Harker Francis Coutts was born on Barrie Island, off of the Manitoulin Island north shore Sept 1899 in northern Ontario, the oldest child in a farming family. He enlisted in Gore Bay on the last day of 1915 at 16 yrs. of age.