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Military service
Service number:
120278
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
March 14, 1877
Laprairie, Québec
Enlistment:
August 12, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
April 9, 1917
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Son of Jean-Baptiste Pételle (deceased in 1892) and Philomène Surprenant (deceased in 1920).
He stated being born in St-Henrie (Montréal) when he enlisted.
Digital gallery of Private Alphonse Pételle
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 2 May 1917
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Private Alphonse Pételle
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Pételle
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Pételle
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 308 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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