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Abel Prudent Beaudry

In memory of:

Lieutenant Abel Prudent Beaudry

September 15, 1916
Courcelette, France

Military Service

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information

Born:

July 25, 1885
Los Angeles, California

Enlistment:

September 28, 1915
Valcartier, Quebec

Baptized Abel-Charles-Prudent Beaudry. Son of Victor Beaudry (deceased in 1888) and Angelina Leblanc, of Montréal, Québec.

Transferred to the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 1 July 1916, he took part in the Battle of the Somme in France. He was killed in action on 15 September 1916 by a machine-gun bullet to the head during an assault at Courcelette, France, in Sauvage Valley between the woods of Bazentin, Mametz and Contalmaison.

Commemorated on Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 6.

Location:

Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.

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: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 295 of 724.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 295 of 724.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc

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    Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
  • Photo of ABEL BEAUDRY

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    Photo of ABEL BEAUDRY
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  • Grave marker

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  • Newspaper clipping– La Patrie - 25 September 1916

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    Newspaper clipping – La Patrie - 25 September 1916
  • Newspaper clipping– La Patrie - 30 September 1916

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    Newspaper clipping – La Patrie - 30 September 1916
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - 25 September 1916

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    Newspaper clipping – La Presse - 25 September 1916
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - 3 October 1916

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    Newspaper clipping – La Presse - 3 October 1916
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - 25 October 1916

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    Newspaper clipping – La Presse - 25 October 1916
  • Newspaper clipping– Le Canada - 4 October 1916

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    Newspaper clipping – Le Canada - 4 October 1916
  • Newspaper clipping– Le Devoir - 27 September 1916

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    Newspaper clipping – Le Devoir - 27 September 1916
  • Newspaper clipping– Le Devoir - 3 October 1916

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    Newspaper clipping – Le Devoir - 3 October 1916
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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Honour Roll– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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    Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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