Military service
Burial/memorial information
A conscript, he was enrolled in the 2nd Battalion Depot of the 2nd Quebec Regiment. In England on 28 March 1918, he was posted to the 10th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. On 26 June 1918, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. On 6 August, he went to the front line, where he was killed on 28 August 1918, during the Battle of Chérisy, France.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 855 of 934. -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse September 27th 1918 -
Grave marker
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Private Émile Boyer
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Boyer
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Boyer
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
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