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Military service
Service number:
61204
Age:
17
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
December 30, 1898
St-Jean-d’Iberville, Québec
Enlistment:
November 23, 1914
St-Jean-d’Iberville, Québec
Death:
September 16, 1916
Courcelette, France
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Son of Arthur and Marie Gervais Oligny, of St-Jean-d’Iberville, Québec.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Circumstances of death registers
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Document
Initial burial report and grave not subsequently found.
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Private Fortunat Oligny
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 143 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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