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Son of late Jean-Baptiste Fournier and Émilie Orchard, of Montréal, Québec.
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he stated that he had served in the 1st Composite Regiment of the militia in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. Relatively undisciplined, he left for France on September 15 and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, the same day. On December 21, 1915, he fell ill. He first suffered from asthma, then bronchitis. After two months in the hospital, he was evacuated to England on February 15, 1916, where he was diagnosed with mental confusion and neurasthenia. He was repatriated to Canada on March 23.
After three months at the front, Siméon has been evacuated because of asthma and bronchitis. It was also found out that he was suffering from confusional insanity and neurasthenia, and it was decided he should be repatriated. He was released from service as medically unfit on 27 July 1916 and he was admitted to the Veterans hospital in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. He died there of pneumonia four years later and is death was attributable to his military service.
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Private Siméon Fournier
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Page 549 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY Quebec, Canada
Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road.
During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.
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