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Military service
Service number:
2304140
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
March 30, 1896
Mont Carmel, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
June 28, 1917
Sussex, New Brunswick
Death:
September 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph J. T. Richard, of Wellington, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of Private Sylvere Richard
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Memorial
Unveiling of the Mont-Carmel Memorial by Lord Bing, Governor-General of Canada, in August 1923. Photo takenby Matilda Richard (née Arsenault). -
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) -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article from the Guardian about the unveiling of the Memorial published on August 25, 1923. Submitted by G. Arsenault.
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Private Sylvere Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Sylvere Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Sylvere Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Sylvere Richard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 491 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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