Private François Xavier Larivière

Baptized François-Xavier Larivière. Son of François-Xavier Larivière and Marguerite Cloutier, of Blind River, Ontario. Husband of Marie Parisien and father of four children, of Blind River, and later, of Sturgeon Falls, Nipissing, Ontario. He had declared to be born on July 24th, 1884 when he enlisted. He also signed incorrectly as ""Frank Larivere"" and was consequently entered in the Book of Remembrance as such.

Enlisted in the 119th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain and landed on the 19th in Liverpool, England. On November 28, 1916, he was assigned to the 52nd Battalion and crossed the English Channel on the 29th to set foot in France. On December 6, he rejoined that unit. On July 24, 1917, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion, which was fighting in the Lens sector of Pas-de-Calais, on Hill 70.

At Lens, on August 15th, 1917, he was hit by shrapnel to the head and was immediately evacuated to the Casualty Clearing Station. However, due to the severity of his injuries, he was not able to be transported to England until a month later. He died there at the King George Hospital in London.