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Son of Simon Arsenault and Victoria Arsenault (nee Le Blanc) of New Aberdeen, Nova Scotia.
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Private John Arsenault
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Private John Arsenault
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Private John Arsenault
John Arsenault: honoured by the people of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, Fr. 100 years after his death on Vimy Ridge. A group from that town has followed his footsteps from his birthplace in Cheticamp, NS, through the UK, where the 85th Battalion trained, then on to Boulogne where he landed in France then on to his final resting place on Vimy Ridge.
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The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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John Arsenault: honoured by the people of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, Fr. 100 years after his death on Vimy Ridge. A group from that town has followed his footsteps from his birthplace in Cheticamp, NS, through the UK, where the 85th Battalion trained, then on to Boulogne where he landed in France then on to his final resting place on Vimy Ridge.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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