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Military service
Service number:
26533
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
May 8, 1896
Saint-Calais, France
Enlistment:
September 25, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
September 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 10.
Additional information
son of Charles and Marcelline Chanu (née Chesneau). The latter, widowed, married Désiré Vernier on January 18, 1907, at St-Pierre-Apôtre Church in Montreal. The family lived at 523 Panet Street, Montreal.
Additional citations
Croix-de-Guerre (Belgium).
Digital gallery of Sergeant Henri Chanu
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Newspaper Clipping
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 463 of 958.
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Sergeant Henri Chanu
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Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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