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Son of Janvier Chenier of Buckingham, Quebec.
Brother of Private Oliver Chenier, who died on the same day while serving in the same unit. The brothers are buried side by side at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery.
Digital gallery of Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
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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Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Wilfred and Olivier Chenier, brothers killed on the same day, 9 April, 1917 at Vimy, are buried side by side at Cabaret Rouge cemetery.
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
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)
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Catchpole to Chignell. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 871 of 958.
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
War memorial located in Buckingham (Gatineau), Quebec.
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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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Wilfred and Olivier Chenier, brothers killed on the same day, 9 April, 1917 at Vimy, are buried side by side at Cabaret Rouge cemetery.
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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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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Catchpole to Chignell. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 871 of 958.
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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War memorial located in Buckingham (Gatineau), Quebec.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Souchez is a village in the Department of the Pas-De-Calais, 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. It lies in the valley of the Souchez river, between the Lorette Bridge to the west and Vimy Ridge to the east. The CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.
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