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Military service
Service number:
2134947
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
January 20, 1899
St-Ferdinand-d’Halifax, Québec
Enlistment:
May 20, 1917
St-Ferdinand-d’Halifax, Québec
Death:
August 27, 1918
Chérisy, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D. 41.
Additional information
Baptized George-Napoléon Michel. Son of Gédéon Michel and Célanire Garneau, of St-Ferdinand-d’Halifax, Mégantic, Québec.
Digital gallery of Private Napoléon Michel
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Grave Marker
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Memorial
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Circumstances of death registers
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Grave marker
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
La Tribune - 8 August 1917. -
Newspaper clipping
L'Action catholique - 9 October 1918 -
Photo of Napoléon Michel
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Newspaper clipping
La Tribune - 11 July 1917. -
Grave marker
Photo taken on May 4, 2019 by Béatrice Letombe, president of the St-Michel, Great War Association in Cherisy. -
Group Photo
Béatrice Letombe, president of the St-Michel, Great War Association in Chérisy, Fabrice Thery, amateur historian of the Great War and author, Philippe Degroote, Delegate Advisor for Heritage and Commemorations of Vis-en-Artois, each holding a copy of the book “Napoléon Michel, un little soldier, but a great Canadian” offered by Roger Labonté, the nephew of Napoleon. April 17, 2019 -
Grave Marker
Philippe Degroote, Delegate Advisor for Heritage and Commemorations of Vis-en-Artois, placing in the ground at the foot of the Graves of Napoléon Michel and Thomas Pariseau, two metal tales containing memories from the families of the two soldiers. April 17, 2019 -
Grave Marker
Philippe Degroote, Delegate Advisor for Heritage and Commemorations of Vis-en-Artois, placing in the ground at the foot of the stele of Napoléon Michel and Thomas Pariseau, two metal tales containing memories from the families of the two soldiers. April 17, 2019 -
Artifacts
Contents of the metal capsule placed at the foot of the grave of Napoleon Michel on April 17, 2019. In his letters to his family, Napoleon asked to be sent Canadian cigarettes.
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Private Napoléon Michel
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Private Napoléon Michel
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Michel
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Michel
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Michel
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Michel
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Michel
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Michel
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Michel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 470 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUEBEC CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Take the D38 from Cherisy to Hendecourt. Approximately 2 kilometres from Cherisy turn left just before Sun Quarry Cemetery onto a dirt track. Continue for 1 kilometre before turning left to arrive at Quebec Cemetery.
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