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Military service
Service number:
889010
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
February 15, 1886
St-Hilarion, Québec
Enlistment:
November 17, 1915
Fraserville, Québec
Death:
May 13, 1917
Fresnoy, France
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Additional information
Son of Michel Athanase and Monique Gray of Riviere du Loup, Quebec. Brother of Jacques Athanase who also served with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment).
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Baptism record
According to this document, he was belived to be born on January 15, 1887 in St-Hilarion, Charlevoix county, Quebec. The baptism record mentions that is was an Abénakis but he was not. He was from the Malécite First Nations (Wolastoqiyik) from Viger (Cacouna). -
Inscription
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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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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