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His battalion was on Brigade support South-West of Beaurains (Arras sector) and was doing night fatigue duty to reinforce trenches of “Telegraph Hill Switch” near Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines. Alexandre was killed while taking part in a fatigue duty.
Enlisted in the 167th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was transferred to the 189th Battalion on September 8, 1916. With this unit, he left for Great Britain on September 23, 1916, arriving in Liverpool, England, on October 6. Upon arrival, he transferred to the 69th Battalion based at Camp Dibgate in Shoreham. On October 27, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and immediately sent to France. He went to the front lines on the 21st. Wounded in combat on April 14, 1917, he was evacuated to Wales. On June 8 of that year, he was assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion in Shoreham. He returned to the 22nd Battalion on November 23, 1917, and went back to France on the 24th. From November 28, 1917, to February 14, 1918, he was at the Canadian Corps reinforcement camp.
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Private Alexandre Drolet
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Private Alexandre Drolet
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Private Alexandre Drolet
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Page 400 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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