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Baptized Joseph-Ludger-Henri Denis. Son of Adolphe-Ludger Denis and Adèle Deguire of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born on 10 August 1893 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 41st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in Plymouth, England, on October 28, 1915. He was first transferred to the 69th Reserve Battalion on July 13, 1916, then to the 13th Battalion from August 17 to 3, 1916, to the 10th Reserve Battalion from January 4 to 12, 1917, and finally to the 22nd Battalion on January 12, 1917. He landed in France on the 13th. On March 4, 1917, he was awarded the Good Conduct Badge.
Henri and his brother Sergeant Albert Denis were both signalers at the Battalion headquarters and were sleeping in a dugout next to the orderly room when a heavy shell struck. It was believed they had been asphyxiated by the fumes of the explosion.
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Page 227 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, west of the N17 Arras-Lens main road and 6.5 kilometres north of Arras. Thelus Military Cemetery is approximately 300 metres west of the N17, located in the open country, about 50 metres north of Thelus village.
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