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Military service
Service number:
814813
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
December 12, 1889
Buckingham, Québec
Enlistment:
March 11, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. E. 15.
Additional information
Son of Janvier Chenier of Buckingham, Quebec.
Brother of Private Oliver Chenier, who died on the same day while serving in the same unit. The brothers are buried side by side at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery.
Digital gallery of Private Wilfred Chenier
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War Memorial
139th Battalion (Northumberland County) War Memorial plaque, 1919. 130 names of men who originally enlisted with this Ontario unit. On display at the Victoria Hall, 55 King Street West, Cobourg, Ontario. Also shown - Cobourg (Ontario) War Memorial at Victoria Park. -
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Gravemarker
Wilfred and Olivier Chenier, brothers killed on the same day, 9 April, 1917 at Vimy, are buried side by side at Cabaret Rouge cemetery. -
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
A panoramic view of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
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 871 of 958. -
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
War memorial located in Buckingham (Gatineau), Quebec.
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Chenier
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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