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Military service
Service number:
61206
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
July 4, 1895
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
January 27, 1915
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec
Death:
September 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Raoul and Amilda Petit (née Boyer), of 76, de Salaberry, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
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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) -
Circumstances of death registers
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Circumstances of death registers
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Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 26 June 1915
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Private Raoul Petit
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Private Raoul Petit
Digital gallery of
Private Raoul Petit
Digital gallery of
Private Raoul Petit
Digital gallery of
Private Raoul Petit
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 147 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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