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Édouard Guertin

In memory of:

Private Édouard Guertin

October 26, 1916
Angres, France

Military Service


Service Number:

121559

Age:

17

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

December 20, 1898
Ste-Hélène-de-Bagot, Quebec

Enlistment:

December 15, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Louis-Édouard Guertin. Son of Louis-Victor Guertin and Gertrude Blanchard. He stated being born on 20 October 1897 when he enlisted.

He arrived in France on 28 September 1916, and he joined the 22nd Battalion at the front on 16 October. Ten days later, he was killed in action by a large shell while being in a communication trench at « Lawson Crater », near Angres.

Commemorated on Page 96 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

K. 20.

Location:

Aix-Noulette lies about 16 kilometres north of Arras about 2 kilometres south-west of Bully-les-Mines on the road from Arras to Bethune. TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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