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André Demers

In memory of:

Private André Demers

August 9, 1918
Méharicourt, France

Military Service

Service Number:

417956

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 31, 1899
Ste-Émélie-de-Lotbinière, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 30, 1915
Valcartier, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-André Demers. Son of Joseph Demers and Amélie Beaudet, of Ste-Émélie-de-Lotbinière, Québec.

He stated being born in 1897 when he enlisted, but he was only 16. Authorities found out that he was underage only after he reached the front lines with the 22nd Battalion, in October 1916. He was then sent back to England, where he was trained as a signaler. After one year, in November 1917, he got permission to rejoin the 22nd Battalion in France. He was wounded in action and got a concussion in April 1918, and spent the next two months in convalescence. He returned to his unit and was killed in action two months later, during the Battle of Amiens.

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. 5.

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.

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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 597 of 1036.

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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 597 of 1036.
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