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Omer Blanchet

In memory of:

Private Omer Blanchet

March 30, 1918
Mercatel, Arras, France

Military Service

Service Number:

2134802

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

(London Gazette n° 30622 of 10 April 1918)

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

July 20, 1896
Cap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec

Enlistment:

December 16, 1916
Québec, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-François-Omer Blanchet. Son of Elzéar Blanchet (deceased in 1898) and Florentine Caron (deceased in 1908), of Cap St-Ignace. He stated being born on 21 July when he enlisted. He named his brother Raoul, of Québec, as next of kin.

Transferred from the 10th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force to the 22nd Battalion on 15 October 1917, he arrived in France on the 19th and went to the front line on 24 November. On 27 February 1918, volunteering to lead a raid into enemy territory, he returned to the trenches at Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France, having successfully completed his mission. Noticing that two soldiers from the group were missing, he went back to find them and bring them back wounded, for which he was awarded the Military Medal. He was killed in action on 30 March 1918 east of Boisleux-Saint-Marc, at Mercatel, near Arras, Pas-de-Calais.

Commemorated on Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 7.

Location:

Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 29 of 762.

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