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Private Valaire Lupien

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Military service

Service number: 3157732
Age: 27
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 14th Bn.
Birth: January 25, 1891 St-Valère-de-Bulstrode, Arthabaska
Enlistment: April 5, 1918
Death: October 22, 1918 Raismes, Valenciennes, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: A. 5.
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Baptized "Valère" but signed "Valaire".

Son of Alfred Lupien and Célina Gaudet, of Périgord, Saskatchewan.

When he arrived in France he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion but never joined. After three weeks in the reinforcement camp he was instead redirected to the 14th Battalion.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 452 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DENAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Nord, France

Denain is a town in the Nord Department between Valenciennes and Cambrai. The DENAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY is at the north-east corner of the town approximately 1.2 kilometres from the centre, following the route to Oisy and the Lycee A Kastler. The cemetery is situated at the centre of a junction 100 metres from a traffic light controlled crossroads.

From the A2, follow the D40 for approximately 2.2 kilometres and turn right at the traffic lights. The CWGC plot is at the heart of the cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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