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Donat Venne

In memory of:

Private Donat Venne

April 12, 1918
Neuville-Vitasse, France

Military Service


Service Number:

243106

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 25, 1896
Montréal (St-Henri), Quebec

Enlistment:

March 16, 1916
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Rémi-Donat Venne. Sone of Hormisdas Venne and Amanda Forget, of Montréal (St-Henri), Québec. He attested that he was born in 1897 upon his enlistment.

Commemorated on Page 516 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 16.

Location:

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - April 30, 1918
  • Grave marker
  • Wartime diary
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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