Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Henri Claes
In memory of:
Private Henri Claes
June 13, 1918
Neuville-Vitasse, France
Military Service
898135
31
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
September 7, 1886
Wespelaar, Haacht, Belgium
February 23, 1916
Coleman, Alberta
Named Henricus Claes at birth. Son of Petrus-Ludovicus Claes (deceased in 1893) and Catharina Heyvaert, of Anvers, Belgium. Henri had immigrated with his wife, Léontine VanMaelsake, in 1911 and settled in Coleman, Alberta, where his brother Jean was already installed. He was father of two daughters when he enlisted. Commemorated on Page 384 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Burial Information
WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
III. A. 4.
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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