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Military service
Service number:
443605
Age:
45
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
April 6, 1871
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
August 28, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Brother of Albert Béchard of Montreal, Québec.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Arsène Béchard
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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