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Military service
Service number:
856155
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
July 25, 1896
Kingsey Falls, Drummond, Québec
Enlistment:
March 20, 1916
Victoriaville, Arthabaska, Québec
Death:
August 15, 1917
Lens, France
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Joseph Raymond and Hélène Lacharité, of Windsor, Richmond, Quebec.
He was killed during the assault and capture of Hill 70 at Lens, France. He was buried near the battlefield and his grave could not be located afterwards.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Zéphirin Raymond
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of death registers
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Burial Document
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Private Joseph Zéphirin Raymond
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Zéphirin Raymond
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Zéphirin Raymond
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Zéphirin Raymond
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 313 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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