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Adélard Bédard
In memory of:
Sergeant Adélard Bédard
April 11, 1918
Neuville-Vitasse, France
Military Service
416073
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Military Medal (London Gazette no 30622 du 10 avril 1918), British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Medal
Additional Information
October 11, 1893
Métabetchouan, Lac St-Jean, Quebec
February 22, 1915
Québec, Quebec
Son of Onésime Bédard and Odile Bourdeau (deceased in 1902). His father remarried to Marie Lemieux in 1903 and the lived in Québec. He stated being born on 13 October 1894 when he enlisted.
He was killed in action on 11 April 1918 in a trench during a German bombardment north of Neuville-Vitasse, France.
Commemorated on Page 366 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
II. B. 3.
Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 471 of 724. -
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