Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Odilon Cayer
In memory of:
Private Odilon Cayer
November 12, 1916
Cheltenham, England
Military Service
448488
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Additional Information
October 6, 1893
Saint-Flavien Lotbinière, Quebec
December 4, 1915
Québec, Quebec
Son of Samuel Cayer and Marie Boucher (deceased in 1914), of St-Octave-de-Dosquet, Lotbinière, Québec. He stated being born in September when he enlisted.
He enlisted with the 57th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was first transferred to the 69th Reserve Battalion on June 8, 1916, and then to the 22nd Battalion on August 27, the same day he arrived in France.
Odilon was evacuated from the unit following a severe left buttock injury that happened on 1 October 1916, during the assault on Regina Trench, in Courcelette. After three weeks, he was transferred in England, at the New Court Hospital, in Cheltenham. His condition worsened in the following weeks, and he died of septic pneumonia.
Commemorated on Page 65 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CHELTENHAM CEMETERY
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
E. 7258.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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