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Private Herménégilde Belzil

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Military service

Service number: 857157
Age: 33
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: October 23, 1884 St-Jean-de-Dieu, Rivière-du-Loup
Enlistment: January 7, 1917
Death: August 28, 1918 Chérisy, France

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QUEBEC CEMETERY
Grave reference: D. 42.
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Baptized Joseph-Magloire-Herménégilde Belle-Isle. Son of Michel Belzil and Eugénie Pinel-dit-Lafrance, of Rivière-Trois-Pistoles, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec. The last name of this family gradually evolved over one generation, form Belle-Isle-dit-Gagnon à Belle-Isle, Belzile and Belzil. He stated being born on 20 October 1884 when he enlisted.

From the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on 29 April 1918. On 24 May, he joined his new unit in the Neuville-Vitasse sector, Pas-de-Calais, France. In August 1918, he fought at Amiens, Picardy. He was killed in action on 28 August 1918 during the Battle of Chérisy, France.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

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Page 367 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUEBEC CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Take the D38 from Cherisy to Hendecourt. Approximately 2 kilometres from Cherisy turn left just before Sun Quarry Cemetery onto a dirt track. Continue for 1 kilometre before turning left to arrive at Quebec Cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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