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Military service
Service number:
416394
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
June 2, 1882
Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde (Val-des-Bois), Outaouais, Québec
Enlistment:
August 10, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 17, 1916
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Additional information
Son of Joseph-William Provost and Marie-Anne Auger.
Husband of Adorina Montpetit, of Pointe-St-Charles (Montréal), Québec.
His wife was a widow and mother of 5 children from a previous marriage as of the 1911 census. William therefore had substantial family responsibilities when he enrolled in 1915.
Digital gallery of Private William Provost
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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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Private William Provost
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 151 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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