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Enlisted with the 57th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, in England on 8 June 1916, he was posted to the 69th Reserve Battalion before being transferred to the 22nd Battalion in France on 27 September. Arriving in the front line on 14 October, he was killed in action at around 1 a.m. on 25 December 1916 in the Meknes trenches, between Angres and Lens, by a 5.9-inch shell fired by German artillery.
Digital gallery of Private Napoléon Breton
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Private Napoléon Breton
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Private Napoléon Breton
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 58 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Aix-Noulette lies about 16 kilometres north of Arras about 2 kilometres south-west of Bully-les-Mines on the road from Arras to Bethune. TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres east of the village.
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