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Military service
Service number:
208161
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
September 20, 1879
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Peter Bourgoin
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Pte. Peter Bourgoin was born in Van Buren, Maine. He enlisted in Toronto with the 97th Battalion (American Legion) on March 13th, 1916. This unit was later split up to reinforce other battalions. -
Memorial
Private Peter Bourgoin April 9, 1917 Military Service: Service Number: 208161 Age: 37 Force: 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)
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Private Peter Bourgoin
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Bourgoin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 205 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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