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Military service
Service number:
889144
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
April 27, 1897
Lewiston
Enlistment:
February 29, 1916
Death:
August 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 17.
Additional information
Son of Frédéric Genest and Célina Saint-Onge (deceased in 1907; his father remarried to Dolorès Hamel in 1908), of Québec (St-Sauveur), Québec.
He stated being born in Québec on March 26, 1897 when he enlisted.
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Private Frédéric Genest
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUEBEC CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Take the D38 from Cherisy to Hendecourt. Approximately 2 kilometres from Cherisy turn left just before Sun Quarry Cemetery onto a dirt track. Continue for 1 kilometre before turning left to arrive at Quebec Cemetery.
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