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Private Arthur Laberge

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Citation(s);

British War Medal
Victory Medal (Inter-Allied War Medal)

Military service

Service number: 3156512
Age: 22
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: March 18, 1896 Montréal (St-Paul), Québec
Enlistment: March 1, 1918 Montréal, Québec
Death: August 27, 1918 Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais, France

Burial/memorial information

SUN QUARRY CEMETERY
Grave reference: D. 7.
Additional information

Son of Théophile Laberge (deceased in 1917) and Aurélie St-Germain (deceased in 1907), of Verdun, Québec.

He stated being born on the 19th in Verdun when he enlisted.

Drafted under the Military Service Act of 1917, he reported to the 2nd Battalion Depot of the 2nd Quebec Regiment of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Montreal, Quebec, on October 17, 1917, and was enlisted on March 1, 1918. He sailed for Great Britain on March 24 and landed in England on April 3. On August 13, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and crossed over to France that same day. He joined his new unit on the 15th and went to the front lines. He was killed in action on August 27, 1918, during the Battle of Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais.

 

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 443 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SUN QUARRY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Cherisy is a village approximately 13 kilometres south-east of Arras. The Cemetery is 1.5 kilometres south-east of the village on the north-east side of the D38 road to Hendecourt. Cherisy village was captured by the Allied 18th Division on May 3, 1917, but lost the same night; and it remained in German hands until it was retaken by the Canadian Corps on August 27, 1918. The cemetery takes it name from a flint quarry, known to the British Army as Sun Quarry, located a short distance south-east of Cherisy. The Cemetery covers an area of 462 square metres and is enclosed by brick walls.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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