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Military service
Service number:
448873
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
April 28, 1892
St-Michel-de-Napierville, Québec
Enlistment:
December 15, 1915
Quebec, Québec
Death:
October 3, 1916
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Additional information
Son of Joseph Riendeau and Éveline Métras (deceased in 1906 his father remarried to Emma Bourdon in 1909), of St-Rémi-de-Napierville and Montréal, Québec.
He stated being born in St-Rémi when he enlisted; a typo in the transcription of his year of birth introduced error in his commemorative documents.
His brother Henri (service number 121749) also served with the 22nd Battalion.
Digital gallery of Private Jean Baptiste Riendeau
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Memorial
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 Jean Baptiste Riendeau
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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