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Ernest Collard
In memory of:
Corporal Ernest Collard
May 24, 1918
Doullens, France
Military Service
889563
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
(London Gazette 30364 dated 2 November 1917)
Military Medal
Additional Information
November 27, 1894
Ste-Blandine, Bas St-Laurent, Quebec
April 8, 1916
Rimouski, Bas St-Laurent, Quebec
Son of Ernest Collard and Agnès Côté, of Montréal (Hochelaga), Québec.
While in a trench in front of Boiry-Becquerelle and Boileux-Saint-Marc, on the night of May 23/24 1918, he was severely wounded from shrapnel. He was taken to a dressing station and from there evacuated to No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in Doullens, where he died.
Commemorated on Page 387 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.2
Somme, France
II. C. 20.
Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30 kilometres north of Amiens on the N25 road to Arras. The DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSIONS lie on the eastern side f the town, about 270 metres south-east of the road to Arras.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 825 of 1384 -
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