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Private Abel Villeneuve

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Military service

Service number: 61688
Age: 22
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: September 2, 1894 St-Luc-de-Matane, Bas St-Laurent
Enlistment: November 9, 1914
Death: October 4, 1916

Burial/memorial information

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY
Grave reference: II. C. 7.
Additional information
Baptized Étienne-Abel-Odilon Villeneuve. Son of Guillaume Villeneuve and Madeleine Chassé (deceased in 1895). His father remarried to Marie-Anne Bond in 1898 and he then passed in 1902. When he enlisted, Abel named his sister Élizabeth (wife of Philippe Martel) as next-of-kin, and she died in early 1916. He also stated being born in Montréal on September 2, 1893.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 176 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY Somme, France

Courcelette is a village about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert (next to the main road D929 Albert-Bapaume). The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY lies about 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village.

The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY (signposted in the centre of Courcelette) is 1.5 kilometres down a single track lane (suitable for cars).

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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