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Military service
Service number:
410293
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
October 14, 1897
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Adolphe and Marie Guilmet, of 55, Elm St., Cornwall, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Wilfred Guilmet
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Press Clipping
Source: Canada's Heroes in the Great World War / Cornwall, Alexandria, Vankleek Hill, Hawkesbury and Intermediate Points. Edited by Noah J. Gareau. Memorial Edition / Volume I. War Publications Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, 1921. Additional notes: Pte. Guilmet's name was misspelled in this publication, and can be verified on his military attestation. Details included in this book may not have been verified at the time of publication. -
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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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
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Guilmet
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Guilmet
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Guilmet
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 96 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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