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Son of Luiz Duque and Emma Hye, of Hull, Outaouais, Québec. He signed «Duke » when he enlisted. He is also commemorated as Raymond Duke on page 401 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Enlisted in the 163rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force under the name Duque, although he signed as Duke. He was sent to garrison duty in Bermuda, from where he left on November 18, 1916, for England via Halifax, Nova Scotia. He landed in Liverpool on December 6. On January 7, 1917, he was incorporated into the 10th Reserve Battalion and on March 28, 1918, into the 22nd Battalion. On the 29th, he crossed over to France and went to the front line on June 19. During the advance of the troops from Wancourt to Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais, he was hit by machine gun fire and killed instantly on August 28, 1918, during the Battle of Chérisy.
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Private Raymond Duque
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 287 of 1062.
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Private Raymond Duque
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)
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Private Raymond Duque
The photo was taken from the BANQ (Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec) database.
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Private Raymond Duque
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 287 of 1062.
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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)
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The photo was taken from the BANQ (Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec) database.
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From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 401 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English:
Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France.
A plaque at the entrance to the memorial states that the land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was 'the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada'. Construction of the massive work began in 1925, and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII.
The park surrounding the Vimy Memorial was created by horticultural experts. Canadian trees and shrubs were planted in great masses to resemble the woods and forests of Canada. Wooded parklands surround the grassy slopes of the approaches around the Vimy Memorial. Trenches and tunnels have been restored and preserved and the visitor can picture the magnitude of the task that faced the Canadian Corps on that distant dawn when history was made.
On April 3, 2003, the Government of Canada designated April 9th of each year as a national day of remembrance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
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