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Louis Parent

In memory of:

Private Louis Parent

August 9, 1918
Méharicourt, France

Military Service

Service Number:

847323

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

May 15, 1881
Montréal (St-Jacques), Quebec

Enlistment:

February 4, 1916
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Alexandre Parent and his wife, Amanda Bourbeau; husband of Emelia Parent (nee Manast) of Granby, P.Q., Canada.

Commemorated on Page 481 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

A. 10.

Location:

Vrely is a village 32 kilometres East of Amiens, immediately South of Rosieres-en-Santerre. The Communal Cemetery Extension adjoins the rear of the Communal Cemetery which is West of the village on the road to Caix.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Wartime diary– Excerpts from the War Diary of the 22nd Battalion and the 5th Brigade surrounding the period of his death in combat.

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    Wartime diary – Excerpts from the War Diary of the 22nd Battalion and the 5th Brigade surrounding the period of his death in combat.

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