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Military service
Service number:
62285
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
June 10, 1891
St-Norbert, Kent, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
April 12, 1915
Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick
Death:
August 15, 1917
Lens, France
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Baptized Maximilien Richard. Son of Clément Richard and Marguerite Caissie, of Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick. He attested that he was born in Big Brook in 1892 when he enlisted and used the nickname "Mike (Mick)" which he could not sign himself.
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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) -
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Burial Card
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Private Mick Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Mick Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Mick Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Mick Richard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 315 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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