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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Pierre Archange Clairmont (Peter Clements)
Rank:
Private
Regimental Number:
3180892
Battalion:
1st Depot Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment
Date of Birth:
March 17, 1891
Place of Birth:
Pinkney’s Point, Yarmouth Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
March 13, 1918
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Pinkney’s Point, Yarmouth Co., NS
Age at Enlistment:
27
Height: 5 feet, 8 inches
Complexion: dark
Eyes: brown
Hair: black
Trade:
Fisherman
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Virginia Clements (Mother) Pinkney's Point
Date of Death:
March 28, 1918
Age at Death:
27
Cemetery:
Pinkney's Point (St. Raphael) Cemetery, NS
Plot: R.4.
Pierre Clairmont was the only fatality from Pinkney’s Point during World War I. He was conscripted
under the provisions of the Military Service Act. His medical was completed at Yarmouth on October 23,
1917 and he enlisted at Halifax on March 13, 1918 at the age of 27.
Serving with the 1st Depot Battalion “D” Company, he was hospitalized with pneumonia at the Cogswell
Military Hospital, Halifax within a week of his arrival in Halifax. He died on the fifteen day of his military
service.
His brother took the train to Halifax and returned with his body. He was buried on April 1, 1918 in the
Pinkney's Point (St. Raphael) Cemetery, NS.
Commemorated on Page 386 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on August 22
Commemorated on the Yarmouth Monument as “Clairmont, Pierre”
Pierre Archange Clairmont
Peter Clements
Photos: Wartime Heritage (August 2014)