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Military service
Service number:
633552
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
September 25, 1892
Enlistment:
Thurso, Québec
Death:
August 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Israel Blais, of Clarence, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Nelson Blais
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 647 of 734 -
Memorial
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 Nelson Blais
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Blais
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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