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Baptized André-Napoléon Joncas. Son of André Joncas (deceased in 1908) and Annie Chiasson, of Grande-Rivière, Gaspésie, Québec. He stated being born in 1883 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 57th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on June 2, 1916, and arrived in Liverpool, England, on the 8th. Upon his arrival, he was assigned to the 69th Reserve Battalion, based in Otterpool. On August 27, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and crossed over to France on the 28th. From October 6, 1916, to February 21, 1917, he was seconded to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion, then from May 21 to June 1, 1917, to the 5th Field Company of the Canadian Engineer Corps. While with the 22nd Battalion, he was wounded in action by shrapnel in the right shoulder during the Battle of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, on Hill 70 in the trenches near Cité St-Laurent during the capture of the Catapult Trench. He was evacuated to England until April 7, 1918. Upon returning to his unit, he went to the front lines on the 10th. He was killed in action on June 8, 1918, at Neuville-Vitasse, in the Mercatel sector, Pas-de-Calais, during grenade and bayonet assaults in a series of trench battles.
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Page 438 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
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.
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