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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Raymond Kohlier (Collier)
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Raymond Kohlier (Collier)
3259323
Private
1st Depot Battalion (New Brunswick)
November 5, 1895
Yarmouth, NS
May 4, 1918
St. John, New Brunswick
Lynn, Mass. US
22
5 feet, 3 inches
medium
black
brown
Single
Labourer
Roman Catholic
Elizabeth Collier (Mother) Lynn, Mass. US
June 8, 1918
Saint Jean de Baptiste Cemetery; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass, US
5th Grave right from Main walk
Commemorated on Page 387 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on August 22
Yarmouth War Memorial (listed as Raymond Kohlier)
Raymond Collier waa the son of John and Elizabeth Collier, formerly of Yarmouth. His parents
were living in Lynn, Mass. at the time of his enlistment.
Raymond was working in Yarmouth at the Cosmos Cotton Mill when he received his
notification to report for military service with the United States Army. He was travelling to the
United States to enlist when he was taken ill in St. John. There, having also received a call up
notice from the Canadian Army, he enlisted with the 1st Depot Battalion, NB on May 4, 1918.
He died of pneumonia at Camp Sussex on June 8, 1918. His remains were shipped to Boston
for interment.
Source:
findagrave.com
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada
A Monument Speaks; A Thurston 1989 (pp 228-229)
Photos Bob Boston
2008 Find a Grave
