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Private Leon Maxime Rivait

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Military service

Service number: A/22119
Age: 24
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth: July 8, 1918 Windsor, Ontario
Enlistment: April 10, 1940 Ontario
Death: August 19, 1942 Dieppe, France

Burial/memorial information

DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (HAUTOT-SUR-MER)
Grave reference: A. 54.
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Son of Homer and Bernadette Rivait (1964 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Windsor, Ontario. Husband of Williammina Rivait of Windsor, Ontario.

Brother of Raymond, Edouard, Alfred, Albert, Alvin, Rosina, Aurore, Odile, Olive and Jeannette.

Leon and his brother Alphonse were killed in action on August 19, 1942 while his other brother, Lawrence was killed in action on November 23, 1944. All three brothers served with the Essex Scottish Regiment.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 110 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (HAUTOT-SUR-MER) Seine-Maritime, France

From the centre of Dieppe take the Avenue Gambetta and Avenue des Canadiens. Head along the N27 out of Dieppe in the direction of Rouen until the first roundabout where there is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission sign. Go across the roundabout and continue until you reach a second roundabout. Take the first turning right where there is another CWGC sign. Continue until Chemin des Jonquilles, a road on the left. The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery is on the right of this road and is clearly visible.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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