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Private Euchariste Dunn

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Military service

Service number: 889856
Age: 19
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: November 20, 1897 Rivière-au-Renard, Gaspésie
Enlistment: March 1, 1916
Death: July 28, 1917 Liévin, Lens, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: IV. C. 12.
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Son of Jean-Baptiste Dunn (deceased in 1909) and Marie Cloutier (deceased in 1913), of Rivière-au-Renard. He stated being born on the 21st when he enlisted and named as next of kin his brother Odilon, of Rivière-au-Renard and of Nakusp, Kootenay West, British Columbia. Odilon also served with the Canadien Expeditionary Corps (service number 442372 from 1915 to 1919.

His battalion was in a rest area in Marqueffles and Euchariste was killed by a shell while he was on fatigue duty in a support trench.

Brother of Private Adélard Dunn, who also died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) and Odilon Dunn, who served with the Canadian Expeditionary Corps (service number 442372), from 1915 to 1919.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 232 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France

Bully is approximately 20 kilometres north of Arras. From Arras, take the D937 towards Bethune. At Sains-en-Gohelle, turn right onto the D166E towards Bully. At the first (Casimir Beugret) roundabout, turn right into the Rue Ferdinand Marche. The Cemetery (known locally as the 'Cimetiere de Bully-les-Mines') is 200 metres down this road on the right. The Commonwealth war graves plot is reached via 'Allee 8'.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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