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193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders)
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Pocket Bible
This section contains photos of a pocket bible named to Pte. Harold McCulloch of the 193rd Battalion, circa 1916.
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Pocket Bible
193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders)
Circa 1916
Pictured above is the front cover of a pocket bible named to Pte. Hardold Gotabed Graham McCulloch of the 193rd Battalion. It measures approximately 74mm wide x 117mm high and is 94 pages long.
Ref. Number: 0-6 (7-2-1.3)
Image Information: Scan of original artifact
Source: Private Collection
Inside Front Cover and First Page
Last Page and Inside Back Cover
Pte. Harold Gotabed Graham McCulloch
193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders)
Nova Scotia
1916
Studio portrait photo of Harold McCulloch taken while he was training at Aldershot, NS, with the 193rd Battalion, shortly before they went overseas.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 0-6 (7-2-4.3)
Image Information: Scan of an image from a book
Source: 1916 Picture Book: Nova Scotia Overseas Highland Brigade C.E.F. - Robert MacLellan Collection
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Short Biography and Record of Service
Pte. Harold Gotabed Graham McCulloch
Service Number 901223
Died January 10, 1917
193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders)
Harold Gotabed Graham McCulloch was born in Truro, NS, on August 16, 1896, the son of A.F. and Fannie R. McCulloch. He was a student and living in New Glasgow, NS, when he enlisted in the 193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) on March 15, 1916.
Harold, or Hal as he was more commonly known, began his basic training with the 193rd Battalion upon enlistment, and was with them when they relocated to Camp Aldershot, the large prewar military training ground in Kings County, NS, in the spring of 1916. At Camp Aldershot, they united with the three other highland battalions to form the Nova Scotia Highland Brigade. Intensive training began in earnest. In October, 1916, Hal sailed with his battalion, and the rest of the brigade, to England on the RMS Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic.
Shortly after arriving in England, Hal became ill and on December 2, 1916, was admitted to Bramshott Military Hospital. He was diagnosed with hemophilia and his condition continued to deteriorate. Hal McCulloch died on January 10, 1917. He was 20 years old.
Harold McCulloch was laid to rest at Bramshott (St. Mary) Churchyard in Hampshire, England.