Military service
Service number:
889028
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
July 1, 1887
Odanak, Saint-Thomas-de-Pierreville, Québec
Enlistment:
January 3, 1916
Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup), Québec
Death:
July 23, 1917
Cité St-Pierre, Lens, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Claudia (Launière) Paquette. Father of Philippe and Annie-Rose
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Paquette
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Photo of Thomas Paquette
Paquette Thomas, Hiver 1916. -
Inscription on the Vimy Memorial
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Photo of Thomas Paquette
Paquette Thomas, Camp Valcartier, 1916 -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death
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Burial Document
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Burial Document
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Wartime diary
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Wartime diary
Extract from the War Diary of the 22nd Battalion which specifies the place and circumstances of his death. -
Family Photo
Thomas Paquette, Claudia Launière and their children Philippe and Annie-Rose, in 1916 (Bas-Saint-Laurent Museum, Rivière-du-Loup, Ulric Lavoie Fund, NAC L01543)
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Paquette
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Paquette
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Paquette
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Paquette
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Paquette
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Paquette
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Paquette
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Paquette
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Paquette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 305 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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