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Military service
Service number:
120451
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
April 18, 1887
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
August 17, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of François-Xavier and Marie-Louise Nantais (née Turcot). He married Anna Lefebvre on August 9, 1909 at Sacré-Coeur parish.
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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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of death. -
Newspaper clipping 1916
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Private Joseph Nantais
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Nantais
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Nantais
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Nantais
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Nantais
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 141 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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