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Omer Joseph Deschênes
In memory of:
Private Omer Joseph Deschênes
August 27, 1918
Chérisy, France
Military Service
672346
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Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
November 6, 1897
Rivière-Ouelle, Bas St-Laurent, Quebec
March 15, 1916
St-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, Quebec
Baptized Joseph-Clément-Omer Deschênes. Son of Joseph Deschênes (deceased in 1907) and Paméla Murray, of St-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, Québec.
Digitized service file.
Commemorated on Page 396 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY (ACHICOURT)
Pas de Calais, France
D. 8.
Achicourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, immediately South of Arras. The Achicourt Road Cemetery lies between the villages of Achicourt and Beaurains, a little East of the main road from Arras to Amiens, about two kilometers from Arras railway station. The cemetery covers an area of 700 square yards and is surrounded by a low brick wall. It is planted with Siberian crab trees and flowering shrubs.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Omer Deschenes – This is a picture of my uncle Omer Deschenes who died in WW1. -
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Photo of Joseph Deschênes -
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Photo of Paméla Murray -
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Circumstances of death registers – 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 939 of 1036. -
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Grave marker
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