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Military service
Service number:
62215
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd BN
Birth:
August 21, 1897
Cap-des-Rosiers, Gaspésie, Québec
Enlistment:
April 22, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 15, 1916
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Additional information
Son of Élias Riffon (formerly spelled Riffou) and Démerise Samuel. The family moved to Ottawa.
His real name was Narcisse Riffon and he is also commemorated on page 154 in the First World War Book of Remembrance under Narcisse RIFON.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 299 of 724. -
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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