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Military service
Service number:
448189
Age:
41
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
April 13, 1875
Brompton, Richmond, Québec
Enlistment:
June 5, 1915
Sherbrooke, Québec
Death:
September 18, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Georges Paquin (deceased 1914) and Philomène Fleury, of Windsor-Mills, Richmond, Québec. He attested that he was born on April 3, 1875.
Digital gallery of Private Georges Paquin
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Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
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 -
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Digital gallery of
Private Georges Paquin
Digital gallery of
Private Georges Paquin
Digital gallery of
Private Georges Paquin
Digital gallery of
Private Georges Paquin
Digital gallery of
Private Georges Paquin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 144 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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