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Frédéric Genest

In memory of:

Private Frédéric Genest

August 27, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

889144

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 27, 1897
Lewiston, Maine

Enlistment:

February 29, 1916
Lévis, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec

Son of Frédéric Genest and Célina Saint-Onge (deceased in 1907; his father remarried to Dolorès Hamel in 1908), of Québec (St-Sauveur), Québec. He stated being born in Québec on March 26, 1897 when he enlisted.

Commemorated on Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

QUEBEC CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

B. 17.

Location:

Take the D38 from Cherisy to Hendecourt. Approximately 2 kilometres from Cherisy turn left just before Sun Quarry Cemetery onto a dirt track. Continue for 1 kilometre before turning left to arrive at Quebec Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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