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Military service
Service number:
417114
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
April 4, 1890
Newmarket
Enlistment:
April 29, 1915
Quebec City
Death:
June 11, 1916
Saint-Éloi, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Israël Beauchesne and Édouardina ''Dina'' Dupuis of Newmarket, New Hampshire.
He pretended he was born in Canada to enlist.
He was killed in action on 11 June 1916 in the Ypres salient in Belgium, during the Battle of Zillebeke-Mont-Sorrel at Saint-Éloi.
Additional citations
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Arthur Beauchesne
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 275 of 724. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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