Military service
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From the 10th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on 20 April 1917. He fought in the trenches in the Lens sector, Pas-de-Calais, France, where he was wounded in the face on 23 July. In September 1917, he came under fire in the Caëstre sector, Pas-de-Calais, then in February 1918 at Liévin-Lens, and in April at Neuville-Vitasse, also in Pas-de-Calais. He was killed in action on 2 October 1918 in the Cambrai sector.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 643 of 734 -
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Private John Blais
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Private John Blais
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Private John Blais
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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