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In memory of:

Private Omer Daoust

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Military service

Service number: 847683
Age: 25
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: January 31, 1892 Lowell
Enlistment: March 27, 1916 Montreal, Québec
Death: November 9, 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: XXVIII. E. 22.
Additional information
Son of Félix Daoust and Olive Poirier. He declared being born in Montreal when he enlisted.

Enlisted in the 150th Battalion of the Mount Royal Carabiniers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in Liverpool, England, on 6 October 1916. On 5 December, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and landed in France on the 6th. He was wounded in action on 6 February 1917. On 9 November 1917, near Abraham Heights, during the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium, he was killed in action.

Additional citations

British War Medal, Victory Medal

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 225 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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