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Joseph Alexis Hubert Rejean Rivest

In memory of:

Flying Officer Joseph Alexis Hubert Rejean Rivest

January 6, 1952

Military Service


Service Number:

130006

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

438 "City of Montreal" (Fighter) Squadron

Additional Information


Born:

March 24, 1929
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 9, 1949
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Joseph Alexis and Flora Ida (nee Marchand) Rivest. Brother of Colette Mary, Claude Joseph Rivest and Muriel Rivest LaBonté.

Commemorated on Page 29 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

Grave 3410, Plot M

Location:

Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road. During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Journal La Presse, 8 January 1952
  • Newspaper clipping– Journal La Presse, 9 January 1952
  • Newspaper clipping– Journal La Patrie, 11 January 1952
  • Newspaper clipping– Journal Le Canada, 21 January 1952
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker

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