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Baptized Joseph George Hamel. He served under the name Georges Hamel. Son of Ovide Hamel (deceased in 1898) and Euphrasie Cliche-dit-Jeannot of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born on the 9th when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 57th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was assigned to the 41st Battalion on October 14 and sailed for Great Britain on the 18th, landing in Plymouth, England, on the 28th. Temporarily assigned to the 23rd Reserve Battalion, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on the 25th. He crossed to France on the 26th, arriving the same day. He joined his new unit on the 31st. Seriously wounded in the back and an arm on October 3, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette on the Somme, while fighting for the capture of the Regina Trench, he was transported to the 9th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station in Contay, where he died the same day.
Brother of Private Henri Hamel, who died while serving in the same unit.
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La Presse - 18 October 1916
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Private Georges Hamel
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Private Georges Hamel
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Private Georges Hamel
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 97 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
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