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Arthur Alexander Boucher

In memory of:

Private Arthur Alexander Boucher

October 21, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

145852

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

87th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 11, 1884
Aylmer, Quebec

Enlistment:

May 30, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario

Commemorated on Page 56 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. D. 35.

Location:

Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Arthur Alexander Boucher– "Our Heroes in the Great War" compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, 1919.

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    Photo of Arthur Alexander Boucher – "Our Heroes in the Great War" compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, 1919.
  • Attestation Paper (front)

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    Attestation Paper (front)
    Attestation Paper (front)
  • Memorial– Pte. Arthur Alexander Boucher's name was included on the Matthews-Blackwell Ltd. 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a butcher. Matthews-Blackwell operated meat packing plants in Brantford, Hull, Montreal, Peterborough and Toronto. Image source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Pte. Arthur Alexander Boucher's name was included on the Matthews-Blackwell Ltd. 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a butcher. Matthews-Blackwell operated meat packing plants in Brantford, Hull, Montreal, Peterborough and Toronto. Image source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses.
  • Newspaper Clipping

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    Newspaper Clipping
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 163 of 934

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 163 of 934
  • Grave marker– Grave marker - Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Grave marker – Grave marker - Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cemetery– Entrance - Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cemetery – Entrance - Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cemetery– Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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