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Enlisted at Camp Niagara on 19 July 1915, he was transferred to the 41st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Arriving in Plymouth, England on 18 October 1915, he was posted to the 69th Reserve Battalion at Camp Dibgate in Shorncliffe on 13 July 1916 before being transferred to the 22nd Battalion the following 28th and disembarking in France on the 29th. He was on temporary loan on 5 August 1916. Returning to the 22nd Battalion, he was seriously wounded on 2 October 1916 during the Battle of Courcelette for the capture of Regina Trench. He died the same day at the 49th Casualties Clearing Station at Contay, Somme, France.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Palma Charron
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Private Charles Palma Charron
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Private Charles Palma Charron
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 66 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
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