Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the 69th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in England on 28 April 1916. He was first transferred to the 22nd Battalion on 27 September 1916, then to the 172nd Mining Company from 14 February to 12 March 1917, and to the 2nd Army Troop Company from 16 March 1916 to 3 September 1917, when he was transferred to the 10th Reserve Battalion. On 29 March 1918, he returned to the 22nd Battalion to join the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp temporarily from 29 March to 18 June 1918. He was killed in action on 28 August 1918, at the Battle of Chérisy, France.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Robert Champlain
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Inscription
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Letters
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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 403 of 958. -
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Private Robert Champlain
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Private Robert Champlain
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUEBEC CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
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