Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Omer Petit
In memory of:
Private Omer Petit
March 19, 1919
Military Service
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Army
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Military Medal, London Gazette Number 30797 dated 16 July 1918.
Additional Information
September 15, 1889
Maskinongé, Quebec
Son of Henri Petit, of Maskinongé, Quebec. He was single and stated he was employed as a shantyman. He disembarked on SS Missanabie 19 October 1915 and embarked in Canada on the SS Araguaya on 3 February 1919.
Commemorated on Page 541 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada
Soldiers Plot
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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