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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
November 5, 1886
Nicolet, Québec
Enlistment:
November 27, 1914
St-Jean, Québec
Death:
October 1, 1916
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Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Charles-Lefebvre Sylvestre.
Son of Charles-Alfred Sylvestre and Cécile-Azélie Lefebvre, of Montréal, Québec.
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Photo of CHARLES JOSEPH SYLVESTRE
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Poem
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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) -
Photo of Charles Joseph Sylvestre
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Photo of Charles Joseph Sylvestre
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Major Charles Joseph Sylvestre
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Major Charles Joseph Sylvestre
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Joseph Sylvestre
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Major Charles Joseph Sylvestre
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 170 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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