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Charles Gervais

In memory of:

Private Charles Gervais

August 19, 1921
Montréal, Quebec

Military Service

Service Number:

62235

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 23, 1884
Montréal (St-Jacques), Quebec

Enlistment:

May 5, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Joseph Gervais (deceased in 1912) and Délia Brousseau of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born on 23 February 1885 when he enlisted.

Charles was wounded in Belgium in November 1915 and was evacuated for seven months in England. Returning to the 22nd at the end of June 1916, he was again wounded in September at Courcelette by shrapnel. Evacuated again in England, he was declared medically unfit, repatriated and released from service in June 1918. He married Marie-Louise Courtois in 1919 and became father of a boy, but died of a cardiac problem attributable to service two years later.

Brother of Private Ovide Gervais, who died while serving with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles.

Commemorated on Page 557 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

Soldiers

Location:

Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road. During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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