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His baptism name is Joseph Emmanuel Ernest Émond.
Son of Joseph Émond and Malvina Marcotte, of Montréal (St-Denis), Québec.
Enlisted in Company B of the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he embarked for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, that same day with the first contingent of that battalion. He was seriously wounded in the stomach by shrapnel from a German shell while serving as a reinforcement in the trenches at Saint-Éloi, Belgium. After receiving first aid, he was transported to the 10th Casualty Clearing Station, where he died on April 17, 1916.
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Ernest Hémond
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Hémond
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Page 101 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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