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Private Omer Joseph Deschênes

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Military service

Service number: 672346
Age: 20
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: November 6, 1897 Rivière-Ouelle, Kamouraska, Québec
Enlistment: March 15, 1916 St-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, Québec
Death: August 27, 1918 Chérisy, France

Burial/memorial information

ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY (ACHICOURT)
Grave reference: D. 8.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Clément-Omer Deschênes. Son of Joseph Deschênes (deceased in 1907) and Paméla Murray, of St-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, Québec.

Enlisted in the 167th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was first transferred to the 189th Battalion on September 13, 1916. He left Canada for England on September 23 and arrived in Liverpool on October 6. Transferred to the 22nd Battalion, he set foot in France on November 29. During the Battle of Vimy Ridge, he was wounded in action on April 29, 1917, and evacuated to England. After returning to his unit, he left for France again on November 28. He returned to the front line on February 14, 1918, and was killed in action on August 27, 1918, during the Battle of Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais.

Additional citations

British War Medal, Victory Medal

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

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Page 396 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY (ACHICOURT) Pas de Calais, France

Achicourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, immediately South of Arras. The Achicourt Road Cemetery lies between the villages of Achicourt and Beaurains, a little East of the main road from Arras to Amiens, about two kilometers from Arras railway station. The cemetery covers an area of 700 square yards and is surrounded by a low brick wall. It is planted with Siberian crab trees and flowering shrubs.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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