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Military service
Service number:
416785
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
August 27, 1894
Montréal (Ste-Cunégonde), Québec
Enlistment:
February 3, 1915
Sherbrooke, Québec
Death:
September 24, 1917
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Additional information
Son of Joseph Simard (deceased in 1919) and Amanda Bérouard, of Sherbrooke, Shawinigan, and Montréal, Québec.
He stated being born in Sherbrooke on August 21, 1896 when he enlisted.
Digital gallery of Private Ovila Simard
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Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Ovila Simard
Digital gallery of
Private Ovila Simard
Digital gallery of
Private Ovila Simard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 325 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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