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Military service
Service number:
120836
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
February 18, 1883
Curran, Prescott, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 19, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 14, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Baptized Paul-Hormisdas Adam. Son of Pierre Adam and Victoire Lauzon (deceased in Curran in 1889). His father never remarried and and moved with his sons Joseph and Hormisdas in Blezard Valley, Sudbury, Nipissing, Ontario.
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Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Hormidas Adam
Digital gallery of
Private Hormidas Adam
Digital gallery of
Private Hormidas Adam
Digital gallery of
Private Hormidas Adam
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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