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Hubert Debons

In memory of:

Private Hubert Debons

May 28, 1918
Gézaincourt, France

Military Service

Service Number:

243391

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 25, 1893
Drône, Savièse par Sion, Valais, Switzerland

Enlistment:

April 10, 1916
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Joseph-Marie Debons and Marie-Jeanne Varone, of Drône, Savièse par Sion, Valais, Switzerland.

Hubert and his brother Camille arrived in Québec as farm labor in April 1914 and had the intention in becoming permanent residents.

On 28 May 1918, the 22nd Battalion was on the front lines East of Boisleux-Saint-Marc and Hubert took part in a raid against an enemy post near Boiry-Becquerelle. On the objective, he was severely wounded from a grenade shrapnel to the abdomen and he died of his wounds at No. 56 Casualty clearing station in Gézaincourt.

Commemorated on Page 395 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 4.

Location:

Gezaincourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, situated 2 kilometres to the south-west of the town of Doullens, and BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south of the village. There is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost in Gezaincourt village opposite the Chateau entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Grave marker - Bagneux British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Grave Marker – Grave marker - Bagneux British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 331 of 1036.

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    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 331 of 1036.
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse 27 June 1918

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    Newspaper clipping – La Presse 27 June 1918
  • Grave marker– Grave marker

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