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ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Odelpha Thimot
Service Number:
415624
Rank:
Private
Battalion:
14th Battalion
Date of Birth:
August 14, 1890
Place of Birth:
Saulnierville, Digby County, NS
Date of Enlistment:
April 10, 1915
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth NS
Address at Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
24
Height: 6 feet 11/4 inches
Complexion: fresh
Eyes: grey
Hair: brown
Trade:
Chauffeur
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Moses Thimot (Father), Saulnierville, Digby County, NS
Date of Death:
September 27, 1918
Age at Death:
27
Cemetery:
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France;
Grave Reference:
Plot: IV. D. 3
Commemorated on Page 511 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on
Listed on the Saulnierville War Memorial as "Odelphie" Thimot
Son of Moses and Annie Thimot, of 149, Lowell St., Somerville, Mass., U.S.A.
Private Thimot enlisted at Yarmouth, NS on April 10, 1915 and served for 3 years 7 months.
While serving in France he suffered a wound to the chest on January 27, 1917 and was admitted to No.
13 General Hospital at Boulogne. He was transferred to hospital at Liverpool and discharged on
February 14, 1917. He returned to the field and was again wounded in September, 1918 suffering a
gun shot wound to the arm and hip. Hospitalized at #8 Station Wimereux, France on September 6,
1918 he died of wounds on September 27, 1918.
Odelpha Thimot