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Octave Bergeron

In memory of:

Private Octave Bergeron

December 8, 1916
Angres, Pas-de-Calais, France

Military Service


Service Number:

121273

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information


Born:

July 10, 1894
Danville, Richmond, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 27, 1915
Sherbrooke, Quebec

Adopted son of Honoré Bergeron (deceased in 1902) and Blandine Paradis (remarried to William Henry Connolly in 1906), they lived in Asbestos, Richmond, and Drummondville, Québec.

He was killed in action on 8 December 1916 in the Mecknes trenches between Angres and Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Commemorated on Page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

K. 18.

Location:

Aix-Noulette lies about 16 kilometres north of Arras about 2 kilometres south-west of Bully-les-Mines on the road from Arras to Bethune. TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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