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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
61441
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
August 7, 1890
Valleyfield, Québec
Enlistment:
October 31, 1914
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 17, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 17.
Additional information
Son of Moïse Roy and Marguerite Primeau of Valleyfield, Quebec.
Brother of Ovila and Dalvida Roy of Montreal, Québec. Both brothers also served with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment). Private Ovila Roy was killed in action on August 8, 1918.
Digital gallery of Private Émile Roy
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
La Presse - May 29, 1917
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Roy
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Roy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 157 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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