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He was conscripted on 7 December 1917 and enlisted on 1 January 1918 at Toronto, Ontario, in the 1st Battalion Depot of the Central Ontario Regiment. He arrived in England on 4 March 1918 and was transferred to the 22nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, on 8 August. On the 15th, he was fighting at Amiens, Nord, France. He was killed instantly in action on the 27th by machine gun fire east of Wancourt during the Battle of Chérisy.
Digital gallery of Private Prudent Blais
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Private Prudent Blais
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Private Prudent Blais
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Private Prudent Blais
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.
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