Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the 41st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he embarked in Montreal, Quebec, for Great Britain, arriving in Plymouth on 28 October 1915. Posted to the 23rd Battalion on 29 February 1916, he left for France on 16 April 1916 after being transferred to the 22nd Battalion on the 15th. He joined his new unit in the front line on 6 May. He was killed in action on 11 June 1916 during the Battle of Zillebeke-Mont-Sorrel in the Ypres Salient, Belgium.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Armand Cholette
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
La Patrie - 6 July 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 5 July 1916
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Cholette
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Cholette
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Cholette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 66 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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