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Military service
Service number:
814814
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
July 20, 1895
Buckingham, Québec
Enlistment:
March 11, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. E. 16.
Additional information
Son of Janvier Chenier of Buckingham, Quebec.
Brother of Private Wilfred Chenier, who died the same day while serving in the same unit. The brothers are buried side by side at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery.
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War Memorial
139th Battalion (Northumberland County) War Memorial plaque, 1919. 130 names of men who originally enlisted with this Ontario unit. On display at the Victoria Hall, 55 King Street West, Cobourg, Ontario. Also shown - Cobourg (Ontario) War Memorial at Victoria Park. -
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Gravemarker
The graves of Olivier and Wilfred Chenier, brothers killed on the same day, 9 April, 1917 at Vimy, are side by side in Cabaret Rouge cemetery. -
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
A panoramic view of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
War memorial located in Buckingham (Gatineau), Quebec.
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Chenier
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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