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He served for two years in the Belgian army. Enlisted on 23 February 1916 with the 192nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was transferred to the 233rd Battalion on 25 October. On 3 March 1917, he was again transferred to the 178th Battalion and left for England the same day, arriving on the 15th. On the same day, he was transferred to the 10th Reserve Battalion. On 27 May 1917, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and landed in France on the 28th. From 15 June to 31 July 1917, he was on loan to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion.
His battalion was in Brigade support South-East of Agny and sent troops on fatigue duty to improve trenches at Telegraph Hill Switch, near Neuville-Vitasse, where Henri died on duty.
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Private Henri Claes
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Private Henri Claes
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Page 384 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.
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