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Military service
Service number:
E/28733
Age:
49
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Veterans Guard of Canada
Birth:
August 13, 1897
Lac Megantic, Québec
Death:
March 30, 1947
Quebec City, Québec
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Family Plot.
Additional information
Son of Elzéar and Elizabeth Blais, of Lac Megantic, Quebec. Husband of Eva Blais, of Welland, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Wilfrid Blais
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Group Photo
Wilfrid Blais in long coat, possibly in England WW1, 2nd from left. -
Group Photo
Wilfrid Blais WW2 - second from right. -
Certificate
Wilfrid Blais - WW1 Démobilization/Discharge Papers -
Certificate
Wilfrid Blais WW2 Certificat de Libération/Discharge Papers -
Certificate
Canadian Pacific Railways Commemorate the Relinquishment of Wilfrid Blais' position with the Company to serve his Country in the Great War of 1914-18. -
Photo of Military funeral in Lac Megantic
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Military Funeral
Photo of military funerals - Last visit to Maison Papineau in Lac Megantic -
Military Funeral
Photo of military funeral of Wilfrid Blais -
Newspaper Clipping
Obituary - Military Death Notices -
Honour Roll
Clockwise from Top Left : Fernand Blais, Lionel Blais, Marcel Audet, (Wilfrid Blais - Center), Gérard Maillet. -
Photo of Wilfrid Blais
Wilfrid Blais : approx 21 years of age WWI, also served WWII. -
Medal (The First World War)
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Medal (Back)
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Medal (The Second World War)
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Medal (Back)
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Memorial Cross
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Photo of WILFRID BLAIS
Sargeant Wilfrid Blais with sons and daughters Lionel, Rita, Marielle and Fernand - 1943 -
Photo of Wilfrid Blais
Discharged April 17, 1946. Rue Papineau, Lac Mégantic. -
Group Photo
Sargeant Wilfrid Blais with son Private Fernand Blais - 1945 -
Letter
Wilfrid Blais - Book of Remembrance - Chapelle du Souvenir -
Group Photo
11/11/2007 Remembrance Day Ceremony: left to right Air Cadet Flight Corporal Amber Clements (Great Grand-Daughter); Air Cadet Corporal Erika Clements(Great Grand-Daughter); PO1 Kevin Clements(Royal Canadian Navy / Marine Canadienne Royale); Donna Blais-Clements(Grand-Daughter); and Air Cadet Sargeant Kellie Clements(Great Grand-Daughter). "Ready Aye Ready"! -
Photo of Wilfrid Blais and Eva Bolduc
Wedding Photo -
Inscription
Cenotaph at the Veterans Park - Lac Mégantic QC -
Photo of André Maillet
Seaman André Maillet (Grandson 03/01/70) United States Navy -
USS Yarnell DLG-17
USS Yarnell DLG-17 Guided missile ship. 550 Ft long. Crew of 440 included Seaman André Maillet, US Navy, Wilfrid Blais Grandson. -
Maison Papineau
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Grave Marker
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Cenotaph
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Cimetière St Agnès Main Entrance
From this spot at Main Entrance Cimetière St Agnès - 10th row down, 21 monuments left, you will find Final Resting Place of Sgt. Wilfrid Blais among the Bolduc family Monuments. -
Photos
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Papineau Homestead
Present Day Maison Papineau - Ancien Domicile Elzéar et Élizabeth Blais. Lac Mégantic QC -
Group Photo
Sgt Wilfrid Blais and Spouse Eva - 1944 -
Group Photo
Sgt Blais visits Welland ON c. 1943 -
Group Photo
Sgt Blais, Eva and son Lionel (c.1943) -
Group Photo
Sgt Blais, spouse, and his 8 children -
Family Photo
Sgt Wilfrid Blais with father Elzéar, Mother Élisabeth (Michaud) and family travelling to Niagara.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfrid Blais
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfrid Blais
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfrid Blais
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfrid Blais
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfrid Blais
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfrid Blais
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfrid Blais
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfrid Blais
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilfrid Blais
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 594 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LAC MEGANTIC (ST. AGNES) CEMETERY Quebec, Canada
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