Private
Lariviere, Philip James
Unit
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Branch
Service Component
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Service Number
718937
birth
1895/12/25
St. Pierre, Manitoba, Canada
death
1918/08/11
Somme, France
grave
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme, France
Gender
Male
Philip James Larivière was born in St. Pierre, Manitoba, on 25 December 1895.
A farmer, he enlisted in the 107th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 21 March 1916. After initial training in Canada, Larivière sailed to England with his unit on SS Olympic, arriving on 25 September 1916. In England, he was rotated through a number of units before finally being transferred, on 5 December 1916, to the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles for service in France. He joined the unit in the field on 14 February 1917.
On 11 April 1917, Larivière was admitted to No. 3 Canadian General Hospital in France with gunshot wounds to his thigh and arm. He was discharged from hospital a month later and returned to his unit in March 1918. On 10 August 1918, Larivière was wounded in the chest by a German shrapnel shell during an attack in front of the village of Hangard, in France. He died the following day at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station.
Philip James Larivière is buried in Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme, France.
