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Berchmans Paquette

In memory of:

Private Berchmans Paquette

August 8, 1918
Wiencourt-l’Équipée, France

Military Service

Service Number:

856594

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 7, 1893
Ste-Angèle-de-Monnoir, Rouville, Quebec

Enlistment:

July 18, 1916
Sherbrooke, Quebec

Baptized Ephrem-Berchmans Paquette. Son of Arthur Paquette and Rose-Anna Malo, of Ste-Angèle-de-Monnoir, Rouville, Quebec. He attested that he was born on the 8th when he enlisted.

Commemorated on Page 481 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

TORONTO CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

C. 21.

Location:

Demuin is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme in the valley of the Luce to the east of Domart. TORONTO CEMETERY is 2 kilometres north of Demuin village, in the fields.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Wartime diary– Extracts from the War Journal of the 22nd Battalion and the 5th Brigade concerning the operations on the date of his death.

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    Wartime diary
    Wartime diary – Extracts from the War Journal of the 22nd Battalion and the 5th Brigade concerning the operations on the date of his death.
  • Circumstances of death registers

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  • Grave marker

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  • Sherbrooke Monument– Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names.

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    Sherbrooke Monument
    Sherbrooke Monument – Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names.

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