Military service
Service number:
712660
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
Miscouche, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
March 9, 1916
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Death:
September 4, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. A. 23.
Additional information
Son of Philip and Priscilla Desroches, of Miscouche, Prince Edward Island. Husband of Mary Ann Desroches, of Fernwood, Bedeque, Prince Edward Island.
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Photo of Joseph Arthur Desroches – Photo submitted by On The War Memorial Trail research project -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 997 of 1036.
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Private Arthur Desroches
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Private Arthur Desroches
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 397 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.
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