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Enlisted in the 178th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was assigned to the 150th Battalion on September 9, 1916. He crossed over to Great Britain, arriving in Liverpool on October 6. Transferred to the 22nd Battalion on February 27, 1918, he landed in France on the 28th.
At Neuville-Vitasse, on 8 June 1918, during a daring enemy raid on the battalion’s front lines, he was severely wounded to the legs and a wrist by shrapnel. He was evacuated to the 2/1st London Field Ambulance, then located in Arras, where he died the next day.
Digital gallery of Private Pierre Paul Desjardins
Digital gallery of
Private Pierre Paul Desjardins
Digital gallery of
Private Pierre Paul Desjardins
Digital gallery of
Private Pierre Paul Desjardins
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 397 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Wanquetin is a village approximately 12 kilometres west of Arras and approximately 6 kilometres north of Beaumetz. WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION lies to the north-east of the village on the road to Warlus (D.59).
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