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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
John Moulaison
Regimental Number:
470992
Rank:
Private
Battalion:
25th Battalion (Machine Gun Section)
Date of Birth:
September 7, 1883
Place of Birth:
Morris Island, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
January 4, 1916
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment
33
Height:
5 feet, 9 inches
Military Experience:
29th Field Battalion, Yarmouth Nova Scotia
Marital Status:
Married
Trade:
Lineman, Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Co.
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Mary Emma Moulaison (Wife) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Date of Death:
January 18, 1917
Age at Death:
34
Cemetery:
Barlin Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference:
I. F. 16
Commemorated on Page 298 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 30
John Moulaison was the son of Moses Moulaison and Mary Moulaison, of Morris Island, Yarmouth Co., Nova
Scotia and husband of Mary E. Moulaison, of Yarmouth South, NS.
He went overseas embarking Halifax, NS on March 31, 1916 and disembarking in Liverpool, England on April
9, 1916. At Shorncliffe Camp he was transferred from the 64th Battalion to the 25th Battalion. He joined
the 25th Battalion in the field on July 13, 1916.
Private Moulaison was seriously wounded in action on January 17, 1917. He died January 18, 1917 at No. 6
Canadian Casualty Clearing Station.
Sources:
Library and Archives Canada
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Moulaison