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Baptized Louis-Philippe-François-Xavier Dupont.
Son of François-Xavier Dupont and Élisabeth Banville, of Mont-Joli, Bas-St-Laurent, Québec.
He enrolled in Québec with the 41th Batalion (service number A16051) from February 13 to May 21, 1915 and had been released.
Enlisted in the 189th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on September 23, 1916, and landed in Liverpool, England, on October 6. Upon arrival, he was assigned to the 69th Battalion, then to the 10th Reserve Battalion on January 4, 1917. On March 6, he transferred to the 150th Battalion before being transferred to the 22nd Battalion on February 27, 1918. On the same day, he set foot in France and on March 14, he found himself on the front line. On August 27, 1918, after an artillery barrage, he stormed a German trench, which ended in bayonet fighting, where he was killed in action during the Battle of Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais.
On his second enlistment in Mont-Joli six months later, (service number 889608) he lied on his place of birth and his age.
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Private Louis-Philippe Dupont
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Page 401 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.
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