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Armand Boyer

In memory of:

Private Armand Boyer

April 2, 1918
Mercatel, France

Military Service

Service Number:

416098

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

March 18, 1892
Montréal (St-Henri), Quebec

Enlistment:

August 11, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Hilaire-Armand Boyer. Son of Protector Boyer and Caroline Desrosiers, of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born on 6 June 1892 when he enlisted.

Enlisted in the 57th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was first transferred to the 41st Battalion. In England, he was transferred to the 69th Reserve Battalion on 13 July 1916, and then to the 22nd Battalion on 28 August. Arriving in France the same day, he was temporarily loaned to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion from 18 to 22 September, then to the Wring Party Brigade on 10 December 1916. In the front line, he returned to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion from 27 February to 4 April 1917. On 11 January 1918, he returned to the front line with the 22nd Battalion. On 2 April he was killed in action in the Mercatel trenches, north-east of Neuville-Vitasse.

Commemorated on Page 372 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. 20.

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 Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 849 of 934.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 849 of 934.
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - 15 April 1918

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    Newspaper clipping – La Presse - 15 April 1918
  • Grave marker

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c. 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c. 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c. 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c. 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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