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Émile Gaudet

In memory of:

Private Émile Gaudet

March 30, 1918
Mercatel, France

Military Service


Service Number:

660272

Age:

18

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

August 27, 1899
St-Zacharie-de-Dorchester, Quebec

Enlistment:

February 2, 1916
Sherbrooke, Quebec

Son of William Gaudet and Rébecca Larochelle, of Sherbrooke, Québec.

Upon his arrival in France, Émile was sent to the renforcements where he spent three months. He joined the 22nd Battalion on 19 March 1918 and eleven days later, he was killed in action.

Commemorated on Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 8.

Location:

Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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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