Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Oliva Germain
In memory of:
Private Oliva Germain
May 20, 1916
Taplow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Military Service
448103
25
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
April 19, 1891
St-Jude, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
June 21, 1915
Montréal, Quebec
Baptized Jean-Baptiste-Oliva Germain. Son of Pierre Germain (deceased in 1902) and Elmire Demers, of St-Jude, St-Hyacinthe, Québec.
On 12 April 1916, in the trenches near Saint-Éloi, Belgium, he was hit by shrapnel to the spine and became paralysed. Eight days later, he was evacuated to England where he died one month later at the Duchess of Connnaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital, in Taplow. His headstone is incorrectly engraved “Omer” Germain, instead of “Oliva” Germain.
The month following his death, his younger brother Alcide (service number 243576) enlisted and he was killed in action in France, in April 1918.
Commemorated on Page 91 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CLIVEDEN WAR CEMETERY
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
34.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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