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Private Henri Lessard

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Military service

Service number: 2134905
Age: 20
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 24th Bn.
Birth: March 29, 1898 Beauport
Enlistment: April 10, 1917
Death: August 27, 1918

Burial/memorial information

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave reference: II. C. 17.
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Son of Augustin Lessard and Angélique Thibault (deceased in 1905). He named his sister Hermine (wife of Alphonse Giguère) as his next-of-kin. He also stated being born in Québec (St-Roch) on June 22, 1897 when he enlisted.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 449 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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