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Philip Deschene

In memory of:

Private Philip Deschene

October 13, 1918
Pernes, France

Military Service

Service Number:

417264

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Division:

6th Field Amb.

Additional Information

Born:

January 27, 1894
Cap-d’Espoir (L’Anse-du-Cap), Gaspésie, Quebec

Enlistment:

June 5, 1915
Hull, Outaouais, Quebec

Baptized Philippe Déchène. Son of Élisée Déchène and Mathilde Pinel, of Cap-d’Espoir (L’Anse-du-Cap), Gaspésie, Québec. Husband of Jessie-Margaret Andrews (1918), of Folkestone, Kent, England. He stated being born on 28 February when he enlisted, and his military file has evidence that he was probably illiterate. His name was officially recorded as being « Philip Deschene ».

Philippe first served at the front during more than seven months with the 22nd Battalion and, on 1 October 1916, during the assault against Regina trench in Courcelette, he suffered a severe concussion, and he was evacuated to England. After several months of treatments, he was transferred to the Medical Corps. He returned to France in June 1918 and was deployed the following month to the 6th Field Ambulance. On 13 October, at Iwuy, he was hit by shrapnel to the head and died of his wounds at No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station, located in Pernes, North-West of Arras.

Commemorated on Page 396 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. F. 16.

Location:

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY is situated on the D919 heading south from Arras to Ayette. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 9 kilometres from Arras, just before a crossroads with the D36 between Ficheux and Boisleux-au-Mont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 935 of 1036.

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    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 935 of 1036.
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