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Ovila Aubertin

In memory of:

Private Ovila Aubertin

December 10, 1915
Vierstraat, Belgium

Military Service


Service Number:

448007

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information


Born:

April 18, 1896
Montreal (St-Paul), Quebec

Enlistment:

June 8, 1915
Montreal, Quebec

He was baptized Joseph-Alexandre-Arthur and was known as Arthur.

Son of Ovila Aubertin and Florence Massey of Montréal (St-Henri), Québec.

Brother of Private Ernest Aubertin, 3040820, of 259th Battalion, Siberian Expeditionary Corps. He served in Vladivostok, Russia, from 12 January to 5 May 1919.

He was wounded in action by a bullet to the head on 30 November 1915 at Vierstraat, Belgium, in the Ypres Salient, and died at the 8th Canadian Clearing Station at Rouen, Normandy, France, on 10 December 1915.

Commemorated on Page 4 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. D. 119.

Location:

Bailleul is a large town in France, near the Belgian border, 14.5 kilometres south-west of Ieper and on the main road from St. Omer to Lille. The Communal Cemetery is on the eastern outskirts of the town. From the Grand Place, take the Ieper road and 400 metres along this road is a sign indicating the direction of the cemetery. Turn down the right into a small road and follow for approximately 400 metres. The cemetery is on the right and the BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is at the bottom end.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Grave marker at Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France for Private Ovila Aubertin.
Image taken 13 July 2014 by Tom Tulloch

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