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Amédée Blais

In memory of:

Private Amédée Blais

October 2, 1918
Cagnicourt, Cambrai, France

Military Service

Service Number:

4040861

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information

Born:

February 6, 1897
Ste-Foy (Québec), Quebec

Enlistment:

April 2, 1918
Québec, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Philéas-Arthur-Amédée Blais. Son of Joseph-Henri Blais and Eugénie Côté, of Ste-Foy (Québec), Québec. He stated being born on the 7th when he enlisted.

From the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, he took part in the Battle of Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais, France, joining the 22nd Battalion on 12 September 1918, having been transferred there the day before. He was killed in action during the Battle of Cambrai, France, during a German counter-attack on Cagnicourt.

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:

CANADA CEMETERY (Tilloy-les-Cambrai)
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

II. A. 12.

Location:

Tilloy-les-Cambrai is a village on the north-western outskirts of the town of Cambrai and a little east of the road to Douai. Follow the N30 (Cambrai Ring Road) from Cambrai to its junction with the Tilloy-les-Cambrai road, the D49, just after the junction of the N30 and the N43 (Douai road). Follow the D49 for approximately 2.2 kilometres, crossing the bridge over the motorway, to a side road on the west-south-west (left) side. The Canada Cemetery lies 200 metres away at the end of the side road. Tilloy was captured by the Canadian Corps about the 1st October, 1918, in the face of strong opposition, and the cemetery was made by their Burial Officer on the 13th October. It is enclosed by a brick wall, and sheltered from the road by a row of willows; and a maple tree is planted at the South-East corner.

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: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 635 of 734

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