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Private Arthur Lamarche

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Military service

Service number: 3155125
Age: 23
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: November 20, 1894 Ste-Rose-de-Lima, Sweetsburg
Death: August 28, 1918

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: E. II.
Additional information
Son of Félix Lamarre and Malvina Jacob, of Sweetsburg, Ste-Rose-de-Lima, Missisquoi, Québec.

His real name is believed to be Arthur Lamarre. He first enlisted in the 117th Battalion in March 1916, with service number 748816.

Arthur is the brother of Louis Lamarche (also believed to be Lamarre) both enlisted with the 117th Battalion (service number 748820) in March 1916. Both Arthur and Louis have been reported as deserter from Valcartier Camp in May 1916.

When conscription went into effect, to avoid problems with the authorities, Arthur enlisted under his alias Arthur Lamarche in December 1917 and served with a conscript number (3155125).

His brother Louis was also conscripted, and served with number 4035168. Louis survived the war and was demobilized on March 19, 1919.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 444 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SUN QUARRY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Cherisy is a village approximately 13 kilometres south-east of Arras. The Cemetery is 1.5 kilometres south-east of the village on the north-east side of the D38 road to Hendecourt. Cherisy village was captured by the Allied 18th Division on May 3, 1917, but lost the same night; and it remained in German hands until it was retaken by the Canadian Corps on August 27, 1918. The cemetery takes it name from a flint quarry, known to the British Army as Sun Quarry, located a short distance south-east of Cherisy. The Cemetery covers an area of 462 square metres and is enclosed by brick walls.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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