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In memory of:

Private André Albert Blanchette

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Military service

Service number: 889504
Age: 21
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: March 8, 1896 Rimouski, Bas-St-Laurent
Enlistment: February 8, 1916
Death: May 1, 1917 Vimy, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: III. E. 3.
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Baptized Joseph-André-Albert Blanchet. Son of Bathélemi Blanchet and Laura Guérette, of Rimouski, Bas-St-Laurent, Québec.

Loaned to the 2nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion from 2 December 1916 to 21 February 1917, he joined the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in action at Angres, Pas-de-Calais, France. In April, he fought on Vimy Ridge. He was killed in action on 1 May 1917 at the Battle of Fresnoy, near Vimy.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 203 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.

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