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Joseph Oscar Poudrette

In memory of:

Private Joseph Oscar Poudrette

March 30, 1918
Mercatel, France

Military Service


Service Number:

121147

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

June 8, 1896
Farnham, Missisquoi, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 11, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Oscar-Adhémar Poudrette. Son of Charles Poudrette (deceased 1904) and Azilda Courville, of Farnham, Missisquoi, and Montréal, Québec.

Commemorated on Page 487 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. 5.

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker– Grave marker
  • Circumstances of death registers– Circumstances of death.
  • Wartime diary– Excerpt from the War Diary of the 22nd Batallon concerning the circumstances of his death.

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