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Henri Delaunais

In memory of:

Private Henri Delaunais

August 10, 1918
Méharicourt, France

Military Service

Service Number:

62093

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 24, 1894
Montréal (Ste-Cunégonde), Quebec

Enlistment:

December 4, 1914
St-Jean, Quebec

Baptized Henri-Edmond Delaunais. Son of Edmond Delaunais and Marie-Jeanne Hamel, of Montréal (St-Henri), Québec. He stated being born in 1893 in St-Henri when he enlisted, and he signed his last name Délaunais.

Commemorated on Page 396 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

A. 2.

Location:

Vrely is a village 32 kilometres East of Amiens, immediately South of Rosieres-en-Santerre. The Communal Cemetery Extension adjoins the rear of the Communal Cemetery which is West of the village on the road to Caix.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 519 of 1036.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 519 of 1036.
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse September 3rd 1918

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    Newspaper clipping – La Presse September 3rd 1918
  • Grave marker

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    Grave marker
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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