Private Hector Demers

Baptized Joseph Alphonse Marcel Hector Demers. Son of Hector Demers and Albina Dolbec from Québec, Québec.

He enlisted for the first time on January 7, 1940, and was discharged in July of the same year, claiming to have been born in 1921 because of his young age. He enlisted a second time on August 8, 1940, under the name Hector Dumont, regimental number E-5850, and a third time, again with the Royal 22e Régiment, on December 5, 1940, with the same regimental number and coordinates, but under the name Hector Demers. Highly undisciplined, he crossed to Great Britain, arriving on November 24, 1941. After several weeks' detention, he was transferred on November 12, 1942 to the 1st Road Construction Company of the Royal Canadian Engineer, with the serial number E-28473 assigned on the previous October 6. He transferred to the 1st Canadian General Pioneer Company and accidentally drowned on March 31 or April 1, 1943. His body was found on the 13th in Borough of Croydon, Sussex, England. He was buried on the 17th with the permission of Coroner Beecher-Jackson. He had 513 days of service, including 513 overseas.