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Military service
Service number:
E/30451
Age:
32
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 17, 1910
Campbellton, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
September 10, 1940
Matapédia, Québec
Death:
October 16, 1942
Sham Shui Po Camp Hospital, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. F. 20.
Additional information
Son of Charles Germain Vermette and Marguerite Guillot dit Diotte, of Campbellton, New Brunswick. Husband of Elizabeth Savage, father of Gloria, Joan, Catherine and Margaret Vermette. Brother of Émile Vermette, who served in Europe during the Second World War; he survived the war.
Patrick served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 767 days of service, including 354 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Corporal Patrick Vermette
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Photo of PATRICK VERMETTE
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Corporal Patrick Vermette
Digital gallery of
Corporal Patrick Vermette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 121 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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