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Arsène Joseph Delvaux

In memory of:

Private Arsène Joseph Delvaux

August 27, 1918
Chérisy, France

Military Service

Service Number:

847523

Age:

41

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

March 4, 1877
Marcinelle (Charleroi), Hainaut, Belgium

Enlistment:

March 4, 1916
Amherst, Nova Scotia

Baptized Arselle-Joseph Delvaux. Son of Désiré-Joseph Delvaux (deceased in 1891) and Zélie Dauvin; married to Alphonsine Debroux in 1899. His wife and his mother both resided in Marcinelle, Belgium and in Joggins Mines, Nova Scotia. Arselle was using the first name « Arsène » since 1905, and he is inscribed as Arsène in the Book of Remembrance. He also stated being born in 1879 when he enlisted.

Few information could be found about this brave individual, who enlisted at 40 years old. Based on elements found in his military file and customs records, it appears that he was a miner, and as thousands of Europeans, he came to America to start a new life. He and his wife arrived separately in Canada, in 1901-1902, and after two failed attempts in the United States (in Arkansas and in Pennsylvania), they finally settled in Joggins Mines, a mining site in Nova Scotia. They always kept a connection with Belgium and travelled there on a few occasions. It seems like Arsène did not apply to become Canadian citizen.

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:

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VIII. E. 10.

Location:

Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • 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 585 of 1036.

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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: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 585 of 1036.
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    Grave marker
  • Artifact– Brass end cap of a swagger stick of the 150th Battalion found on the site of Joggins’s cenotaph. It is not certain that the swagger stick belonged to Arselle/Arsène Delvaux but he was the only resident of Joggins to have served in that unit.

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    Artifact
    Artifact – Brass end cap of a swagger stick of the 150th Battalion found on the site of Joggins’s cenotaph. It is not certain that the swagger stick belonged to Arselle/Arsène Delvaux but he was the only resident of Joggins to have served in that unit.

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