In memory of

Rifleman

Raymond Hector Blais

who died on 8 Jul 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Regina Rifles
  Rank Rifleman
  Service number L104007
  Date of death 19440708
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L104007 Rifleman (Regina Rifles) Raymond Hector Blais (b.1924) of Rosetown was KIA 19440708 at Abbaye d'Ardennes and is buried at Bény-sur-Mer Canadian war cemetery near Reviers, Calvados, France. Raymond attended Albemarle school and was farming when he enlisted at Regina early in 1943.

Brothers Edward and Raymond Blais were killed within five days of each other in Normandy, and both are buried at Bény-sur-Mer. Their parents Odilon and Elizabeth Mary came from Dorchester Co., Québec, in 1907 to homestead SE32-28-14-W3 near where the Stockdill siding was later installed. Another brother Joseph served in the Artillery overseas.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 287 - St. Andrews
  Cemetery or memorial location Bény-sur-Mer Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) RM St Andrew
  Geo-memorial Blais Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.45°N / 103.9°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74B13
  Geo-memorial details South of Macoun Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19240103
  Place of birth Rosetown    
  Date of enlistment 19430105
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Rosetown    
  Occupation farmer
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