Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the 2nd Depot of the 2nd Quebec Regiment, he arrived in Liverpool, England, on 28 April 1918. He was initially posted to the 10th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. On 11 September 1918, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and landed in France the same day. He was killed in action on 12 October 1918 at Tilloy-les-Cambrai during the Battle of Cambrai.
Digitized service file.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Antonio Chesnel
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Circumstances of Death Registers
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Memorial
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) -
Newspaper clipping
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Wartime diary
Extract from the War Diary of the 22nd Battalion surrounding the period of his death.
Digital gallery of
Private Antonio Chesnel
Digital gallery of
Private Antonio Chesnel
Digital gallery of
Private Antonio Chesnel
Digital gallery of
Private Antonio Chesnel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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