Regimental Number: 3213113
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment; 21st Reserve Battalion
Octave was born in St. John, Quebec in October of 1896. In 1914, he came with his brother to Falher where he eventually filed on a homestead at NW 23-78-21-W5. Octave was drafted in 1918 and only served in England. He returned to Falher after the war and chose 22-79-21-W5 as his veteran’s grant. Octave was shot and killed by Joseph Trottier on September 3, 1926.
Sources: By the Peavine in the Smoky of the Peace, p. 357