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Military service
Service number:
E/30682
Age:
35
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 24, 1910
South Bathurst, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
March 20, 1941
Death:
July 1, 1946
Bathurst, New Brunswick
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Son of Pierre (alias Peter) Simmons and Gertrude Elizabeth Lavigne. Husband of Edna Doucet, of Bathurst, New Brunswick.
He served in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan as prisoner of war, and in Québec. He had 1,930 days of service, including 1,438 overseas.
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Commemorated on:
Page 590 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BATHURST (SACRED HEART) R. C. CEMETERY New Brunswick, Canada
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