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Private Arphir Bouvier

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Military service

Service number: 856549
Age: 19
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: February 5, 1899 St-Roch-de-Richelieu, Québec
Enlistment: July 4, 1916 Montréal, Québec
Death: August 27, 1918 Chérisy, France

Burial/memorial information

QUEBEC CEMETERY
Grave reference: C. 4.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Adélard Bouvier. Son of Louis Bouvier and Victoria Salois, de Montréal, Québec. He stated being born on 6 February 1898 when he enlisted. The first name Arphir is not inscribed in his baptismal record, but it is the first name that was listed in the 1901 and 1911 censuses.

Enlisted in the 178th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was first transferred to the 150th Battalion on 9 September 1916, then, in England, to the 22nd Battalion. He set foot in France on 28 February 1918 and went to the front line on 14 March. He was killed in action on 27 August 1918 by German machine-gun fire during the Battle of Chérisy in France.

Additional citations

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Related media

First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 372 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUEBEC CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Take the D38 from Cherisy to Hendecourt. Approximately 2 kilometres from Cherisy turn left just before Sun Quarry Cemetery onto a dirt track. Continue for 1 kilometre before turning left to arrive at Quebec Cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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