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Omer Viziau

In memory of:

Private Omer Viziau

August 15, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

417554

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

19th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

February 21, 1891

Enlistment:

August 25, 1915
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Onésime and Exilia Viziau (née Dupuis). He married Eugénie Cloutier on November 21, 1910 at the Church of Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus-de-Montréal. Father of Joseph-Omer-Onésime, born in 1913.

Commemorated on Page 343 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. J. 20.

Location:

Aix-Noulette is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 13 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. From Arras take the D937 towards Bethune. At Aix-Noulette, turn right at the church. The AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION are a few hundred metres on the left side of the road to Bully-Grenay.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - 31 August 1917
  • Photo of Omer Viziau– Photo of solider

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