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Private Auguste Daris

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Military service

Service number: 120720
Age: 15
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: March 18, 1901 Manchester
Enlistment: September 6, 1915
Death: October 4, 1916 Courcelette, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: X. A. 3.
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Son of Auguste Daris and Desneiges Drolet, of Montréal, Québec. Upon his enlistment, he declared that he was born on August 3, 1897 in Montreal.

Enlisted in the 69th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in Liverpool, England, on 27 April 1916. On 28 July he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and on the 29th he crossed into France and went to the front line on 20 September. He was reported missing in action on 4 October 1916 during the Battle of Courcelette, France, for the capture of Regina Trench in St-Léger. His body must have been found, as there is a grave in his name in the Courcelette cemetery.

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Page 74 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France

Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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