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Military service
Service number:
2398303
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
June 3, 1895
Enlistment:
Wolseley, Saskatchewan
Death:
October 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C. 56.
Digital gallery of Private Hiles Boivin
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 425 of 762 -
Machine Gun Corps Badge
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Medals (back)
Victory Medal (Inter-allied War Medal) and British War Medal -
Medals (front)
Victory Medal (Inter-allied War Medal) and British War Medal -
Naming on Medals
The recipient's name, number and rank are engraved on the rim for the first issue. -
Pin
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Bracelet
A bracelet found with Hiles' name and number. -
Hiles' bracelet
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Memorial Cross
A piece of jewelry Hiles owned -
Memorial Cross
A piece of jewelry Hiles owned -
Dog Tag
A piece of jewelry Hiles owned -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse 30 November 1918
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Private Hiles Boivin
Digital gallery of
Private Hiles Boivin
Digital gallery of
Private Hiles Boivin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUEANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Queant is a village 19 kilometres south-east of Arras. The Cemetery is on the western outskirts of the village on the west side of the road to Riencourt-les-Cagnicourt.
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