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Military service
Service number:
E/25309
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 21, 1918
St. Narcisse, Québec
Enlistment:
October 1, 1940
Rimouski, Québec
Death:
October 13, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. H. 6.
Additional information
Son of Alphonse Duchesne and Hedwidge Ross of Rimouski, Quebec. He was fourth in a family of eleven children. He was the brother of Clovis (deceased), who served in the RCAF in England, Cyril, (deceased) who served in the Canadian Army in Canada, Ludovic, who served with the Régiment de la Chaudière in Central Europe, Marie-Berthe, Yolande, Jeanne-Ida, Marius, Carmen, Viateur and Régis. Pte Duchesne never married.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 155 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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