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Military service
Service number:
847323
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
May 15, 1881
Montréal (St-Jacques)
Enlistment:
February 4, 1916
Montréal
Death:
August 9, 1918
Méharicourt, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 10.
Additional information
Son of Alexandre Parent and his wife, Amanda Bourbeau; husband of Emelia Parent (nee Manast) of Granby, P.Q., Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Louis Parent
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Circumstances of death registers
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Grave marker
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Wartime diary
Excerpts from the War Diary of the 22nd Battalion and the 5th Brigade surrounding the period of his death in combat.
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Parent
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Parent
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Parent
VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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