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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
243539
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Serjeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
August 20, 1894
Montréal (St-Patrice)
Enlistment:
June 5, 1916
Montréal
Death:
October 20, 1918
Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, United Kingdom
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C. 379.
Additional information
Baptized Michael-Bernard-Aloysius Beaudette. Son of Amédée Beaudette and Mary Falls, of Montréal, Québec. He is inscribed as « Michel Beaudette »in the Book of Remembrance. He stated being born in 1895 when he enlisted.
He was severely wounded to the hip on 2 October 1918, East of Tilloy, during the Battle of Cambrai. He was evacuated to England a week later, where he died of septic pneumonia in hospital. He is officially recorded as died of wounds.
Additional citations
Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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ASHBURTON ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Northumberland, United Kingdom
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