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Omer Joseph Deschênes

In memory of:

Private Omer Joseph Deschênes

August 27, 1918
Chérisy, France

Military Service


Service Number:

672346

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 6, 1897
Rivière-Ouelle, Bas St-Laurent, Quebec

Enlistment:

March 15, 1916
St-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Clément-Omer Deschênes. Son of Joseph Deschênes (deceased in 1907) and Paméla Murray, of St-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, Québec.

Digitized service file.

Commemorated on Page 396 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY (ACHICOURT)
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

D. 8.

Location:

Achicourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, immediately South of Arras. The Achicourt Road Cemetery lies between the villages of Achicourt and Beaurains, a little East of the main road from Arras to Amiens, about two kilometers from Arras railway station. The cemetery covers an area of 700 square yards and is surrounded by a low brick wall. It is planted with Siberian crab trees and flowering shrubs.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Omer Deschenes– This is a picture of my uncle Omer Deschenes who died in WW1.
  • Photo of Joseph Deschênes
  • Photo of Paméla Murray
  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 939 of 1036.
  • Grave marker

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