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Military service
Service number:
120014
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
September 12, 1897
Granby, Shefford, Québec
Enlistment:
August 3, 1915
Montréal, Québec
Death:
May 13, 1917
Fresnoy, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Armand-Edgar Beauvais. Son of Damase Beauvais and Wilhelmine Hébert, of Granby, Québec. He stated being born in 1893 when he enlisted.
On 30 April 1917 he went to the front line in the Vimy sector, Pas-de-Calais, France. On 13 May 1917, he was mortally wounded in action during the Battle of Fresnoy, France. He died later that day.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Armand Beauvais
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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) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 21 October 1916 -
Memorial
Name of Armand Beauvais inscribed on the Veterans' Monument, Victoria Park, Granby, QC. -
Memorial
Veterans Monument, Victoria Park, Granby, QC.
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Private Armand Beauvais
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Beauvais
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Beauvais
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Beauvais
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Beauvais
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Beauvais
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Beauvais
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 198 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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