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Alphonse Carroll

In memory of:

Private Alphonse Carroll

August 28, 1918
Chérisy, France

Military Service


Service Number:

3155217

Age:

16

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

March 11, 1902
Fall River, Massachusetts

Enlistment:

January 8, 1918
Montréal, Quebec

Baptised Samuel-Alphonse Carroll. Son of Jean « alias John » Carroll and Basilisse « alias Lumina » Ruest, respectively from Fall River, Massachusetts and Montréal, Quebec. He falsely declared being born in Montreal in 1899 when he enlisted.

Commemorated on Page 381 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. A. 22.

Location:

Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.

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:  Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162.  Page 499 of 1004.

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