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Joseph Chalut

In memory of:

Private Joseph Chalut

May 4, 1918
Aubigny-en-Artois, France

Military Service

Service Number:

120670

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

September 29, 1887
Montréal (St-Vincent-de-Paul), Quebec

Enlistment:

August 30, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Ephrem Chalut and Vitaline Maheu (deceased in 1901). His father remarried to Ernestine Corbeil in 1908, lived in Montréal where he died in 1917. Joseph stated being born on 28 September 1888 when he enlisted.

Severely wounded on 3 May 1918 nearby Neuville-Vitasse, Joseph was evacuated to No 57 Casualty clearing station in Aubigny, where he died of his wounds the next day.

Commemorated on Page 382 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. A. 43.

Location:

Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.

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: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 277 of 958.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 277 of 958.
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