At his home on Monday, January 6, 2020. Claude Adolphe Provost of Moose Creek; age 98 years. Dear brother of Aurele Provost (Dorothy) of Kitchener, Maurice Provost of Cornwall, and Anita Zappias of Florida. Predeceased by four brothers Rene, Hubert, Bernard and Roma Provost, and by two sisters Irene Labonté and Lorraine Brosseau. Dear son of the late William Provost and the late Marie Sabourin. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, Moose Creek on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 11 am. As expressions of sympathy Memorial Donations to the Red Cross would be appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of the Munro & Morris Funeral Homes Ltd., 20 Main St. South, Maxville (613-527-2898). As a Memorial to Claude a tree will be planted in a memory woods. A tree grows-memories live.

Pte Claude Provost, 1st Battalion, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, MG.
Claude enlisted in the Canadian Army in the spring of 1942.
Following basic training, he was shipped to England where he was assigned to the Camerons as a storeman with B Company. While there he was given the nickname "Junior" and many of those who served with him were not aware of his given name.
He landed in France on Juno Beach on D-Day +5 and served throughout France, the Netherlands and Germany.
Following the war, he returned to the family business in Moose Creek and attended several Regimental reunions. As happened with many soldiers, he lost touch with the Regiment as the years past.
In 1986 a Cameron soldier, undergoing driver training, stopped in the store to purchase a soft drink. Claude recognized the cap badge and told the soldier that he had once been a Cameron. The soldier immediately brought the other Camerons into the store and spent a while talking to Claude. Upon return to the Unit, they told the Commanding Officer about Claude and a program was instituted to keep in touch with him.
Claude has visited the Unit several times and became a favorite of all the troops. Many would visit him whenever possible. Just weeks before his death, five of the troops traveled to Cornwall to visit him in hospital and presented him with a Cameron camp flag that had flown in Afghanistan.
In 2017 Claude was awarded the Croix de Guerre in the rank of Chevalier by the people of France for his services in liberating their country.