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He is inscribed as « Julien » in the England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index and « Julius » in the Book of Remembrance.
He previously served two years in Africa with the Belgian militia, where he contracted malaria, three years with the 36th Battalion of the US Army, and then with the 36th Canadian Field Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery in St. Boniface (now Winnipeg, Manitoba). Enlisted in the 23rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on November 3, 1914, he left for England on February 23, 1915. From Folkestone, he embarked for France on November 10 and was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on the 12th.
Jules served at the front with the 22nd Battalion during two years and rose to the rank of sergeant. In October 1917 he was attached to the 5th Brigade Headquarters as « gas sergeant » and, on 8 April 1918, he suffered a gas attack. He was evacuated to England and died two weeks later of his wounds at 12:30 p.m. on April 26, 1918, at the 4th General Hospital in Basingstoke.
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Sergeant Jules De Pelichy
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Sergeant Jules De Pelichy
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 396 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BASINGSTOKE (SOUTH VIEW OR OLD) CEMETERY Hampshire, United Kingdom
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