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Alexandre Chartrand

In memory of:

Private Alexandre Chartrand

September 23, 1916
Puchevillers, France

Military Service

Service Number:

62281

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 13, 1895
Ottawa (Notre-Dame), Ontario

Enlistment:

March 4, 1915
Hull, Outaouais, Quebec

Baptized Alexandre Chartrand. Son of Alfred Chartrand and Marguerite Patry, of Hull, Québec.

Severely wounded during the assault on the village of Courcelette, he was evacuated to No 44 casualty clearing station in Puchevillers, where he died a few days later.

Commemorated on Page 66 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. D. 40.

Location:

Puchevillers is a village about 19 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY is a little west of the village. The first Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost is situated by the church in the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Catchpole to Chignell. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 769 of 958.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Catchpole to Chignell. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 769 of 958.
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