Private Robert Francis Harrigan

Robert Francis Harrigan was born at Masonville, Quebec, on 17 September 1917. Before the war he worked as a carder at the Huntingdon Woolen Mills and had also done farm and machine work. He enlisted at Montreal on 9 July 1940 as D-26466 with the Canadian Grenadier Guards. In March 1942 he joined the 22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment (Canadian Grenadier Guards), qualifying as a tracked-vehicle driver and motor mechanic. He served in Canada,then spend over 3 years in the United Kingdom and Northwest Europe, landing in France in July 1944, shortly after D-Day and while the Canadians were fighting up towards the Netherlands. Harrigan returned to Canada in October 1945 and was discharged at Montreal South on 21 November 1945 on demobilization. 

Robert Francis Harrigan died in Burlington, Vermont on 19 August 1997.

1917-09-17 — Born
1940-07-09 — Enlisted for active service as Guardsman
1940-12-14 to 1940-12-28 — Granted furlough
1940-12-30 — Admitted with urethritis
1941-01-11 — Discharged to duty after urethritis treatment
1941-02-17 — Admitted with recurrent urethritis
1941-03-09 — Discharged after treatment
1941-05-19 — Admitted with urethritis
1941-05-29 — Discharged after treatment
1941-11-03 to 1941-11-14 — Absent without leave; subsequently forfeited 24 days pay
1942-02-11 — Attached to Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Sussex, for rations and quarters
1942-03-02 — Admitted with non-specific urethritis
1942-03-14 — Taken on strength of 22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment (Canadian Grenadier Guards)
1942-03-23 — Discharged from Sussex Military Hospital
1942-03-28 to 1942-04-10 — Granted furlough
1942-04-01 — Qualified Motor Mechanic, Group C, Class II; trades pay effective
1942-07-01 — Qualified Driver I.C. Class III, Tracked (Tank)
1942-09-04 to 1942-09-08 — Granted special leave
1942-09-25 — Struck off strength, Canadian Army Canada, for overseas service
1942-09-26 — Taken on strength, Canadian Army Overseas
1942-10-07 — Disembarked in the United Kingdom
1942-11-06 to 1942-11-12 — Granted privilege leave
1943-01-01 — Increase in tradesman's rate of pay to $1.75 per day became effective
1943-01-29 to 1943-02-04 — Granted seven days privilege leave with ration allowance
1943-05-12 — Admitted to 12th Canadian Light Field Ambulance
1943-05-13 — Transferred to No. 1 Canadian Special Hospital for non-specific urethritis
1943-05-29 — Discharged from No. 1 Canadian Special Hospital
1943-06-10 to 1943-06-16 — Granted seven days privilege leave with ration allowance
1943-06-24 — Proceeded on Motor Mechanic course and attached to No. 3 (Battalion) Technical Training Group for all purposes
1943-09-02 — Returned from Canadian Military Headquarters Motor Mechanic course No. 1109
1943-11-18 — Entitled to first Good Conduct Badge
1943-12-01 to 1943-12-09 — Granted privilege leave with ration allowance
1943-12-30 — Admitted to No. 1 Canadian Special Hospital for non-specific urethritis
1944-01-06 — Discharged from No. 1 Canadian Special Hospital
1944-04-11 — Qualified Motor Mechanic 'B' and granted Motor Mechanic 'B' trades pay
1944-07-12 — Absent without leave from 2200 to 2330 hours; subsequently awarded forfeiture of seven days pay
1944-07-21 — Embarked from the United Kingdom for Northwest Europe
1944-07-27 — Disembarked in France
1944-12-12 — Reclassified as Vehicle Mechanic M.V. 'B'
1945-07-10 — Struck off strength of 22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment to X-3 List on hospital admission
1945-07-10 — Admitted with cephalalgia / severe headaches
1945-07-31 — Discharged fit for duty after cephalalgia treatment
1945-08-03 — Taken on strength of 22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment from X-3 List
1945-08-13 to 1945-08-26 — Granted eleven days privilege leave to the United Kingdom
1945-09-12 — Struck off strength of 22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment for return to Canada
1945-09-16 — Embarked from Northwest Europe
1945-09-17 — Disembarked in the United Kingdom
1945-10-20 — Struck off strength, Canadian Army Overseas; overseas service ended
1945-10-21 — Taken on strength of No. 4 District Depot from Canadian Army Overseas
1945-10-29 to 1945-12-05 — Granted leave and ration allowance
1945-11-08 — Demobilization Medical Board; no treatment required
1945-11-21 — Discharged on demobilization
1946-05-13 — Requested War Service Gratuity cheque be mailed to Bank of Montreal
1949-11-08 — Medal request correspondence postmarked