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Baptized Joseph-Euclide-Arthur Forget. Son of Joseph Forget and Flora Delisle, of Lachine (Montréal), Québec.
He had previously served for three years with the 65th Mont-Royal Carabiniers Regiment. He enlisted on October 21, 1914, with the 23rd Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. On May 20, 1915, he sailed for Great Britain and landed on the 29th in Plymouth, England. On November 8, he landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, with the 22nd Battalion. He was wounded on November 8, 1915, in the shoulder and right elbow. He was evacuated to England on the 14th. On March 15, 1916, he returned to the 22nd Battalion and went back to France on the 17th. On the 19th, he was on the front line. On June 17, 1916, he was wounded in combat in his left foot. He was reported missing between September 14 and 18, 1916, in the Brickfields sector during the Battle of Courcelette. On October 23, he was recognized as having been killed in action on the 16th. His body was never found.
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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) -
Memorial
Memorial inscription on the Forget & DeLisle family plot marker in Paroisse St Anges Cemetery, Lachine, Quebec Province, Canada. Photo taken by Dorothy Delisle. -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 3 July 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 18 October 1916
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Arthur Forget
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Arthur Forget
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Arthur Forget
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Arthur Forget
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Arthur Forget
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 87 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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