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Military service
Service number:
417274
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
February 13, 1895
St-Barthélémy, Berthier, Québec
Enlistment:
October 9, 1915
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
September 18, 1916
Courcelette, France
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Baptized Joseph-Arthur-Ovila Bacon. Son of Fabien Bacon (deceased in 1912) and Marie-Louise Trudel, of St-Barthélémy, Berthier, Québec.
He was reported missing on 18 September 1916, then presumed killed in action at the Battle of Courcelette on the same day. His death was confirmed on 5 July 1917.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 63 of 1072. -
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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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Ovila Bacon
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Private Ovila Bacon
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Private Ovila Bacon
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Private Ovila Bacon
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Private Ovila Bacon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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