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Private Léon René Paré

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Military service

Service number: 660220
Age: 21
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: March 4, 1897 Burlington
Enlistment: February 4, 1916
Death: November 19, 1918

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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Grave reference: L. E. 25.
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Son of Louis-René Paré and Susanne-Agnes Dawson, of St-Jean, Québec. He named his sister Blanche (wife of Elijah-Reid Osborne) as next-of-kin. He was severely wounded on November 7, 1918 and died of his wounds two weeks later. His father, too old for service, stated being 7 years younger to enroll in 1915 (service number 417626); he was already overseas when his son enlisted.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

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Page 481 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

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