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Baptized Joseph Amédée Désilet. Son of Napoléon Désilet. Son of Napoléon Desilets (deceased in 1911) and Marie-Émilie-Dilara Manseau, of Montréal, Québec.
He stated being born on the 14th when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 41st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he left for Great Britain on October 16, 1915, arriving in Plymouth on the 29th. With the 23rd Reserve Battalion, he left Folkestone on May 16, 1916, and landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on the 17th, only to be immediately transferred to the 22nd Battalion. He went to the front line on June 6. On the 11th, he was wounded in combat in the right knee following a shell explosion. He rejoined his unit on the 29th. He was reported missing in action on September 15, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette. On March 24, 1917, he was declared killed in action on September 15, 1916.
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Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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