Military service
Burial/memorial information
He stated being born on the 14th when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 41st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he left for Great Britain on October 16, 1915, arriving in Plymouth on the 29th. With the 23rd Reserve Battalion, he left Folkestone on May 16, 1916, and landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on the 17th, only to be immediately transferred to the 22nd Battalion. He went to the front line on June 6. On the 11th, he was wounded in combat in the right knee following a shell explosion. He rejoined his unit on the 29th. He was reported missing in action on September 15, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette. On March 24, 1917, he was declared killed in action on September 15, 1916.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Amédée Désilet
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Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 949 of 1036. Buried South of Courcelette, 5 ¼ miles North East of Albert. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and re-buried in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY. -
Cimetière britannique de Courcelette
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Pierre tombale
Grave marker
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Private Amédée Désilet
Digital gallery of
Private Amédée Désilet
Digital gallery of
Private Amédée Désilet
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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