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Military service
Service number:
61536
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
October 27, 1879
Lachine (Montréal), Québec
Enlistment:
October 23, 1914
Montréal, Québec
Death:
September 30, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Octave-Adrien Amesse. Son of Charles Amesse (deceased in 1903) and Judith Leboeuf, of St-Pierre-aux-Liens (Montréal), Québec. He stated being born in 1884 when he enlisted, pretending he was five years younger.
Digitized Service File.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 3 November 1916
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Private Adrien Amesse
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Private Adrien Amesse
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Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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