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Benoit Guay

In memory of:

Private Benoit Guay

April 30, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

449374

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

February 5, 1897
St-Placide, Charlevoix, Quebec

Enlistment:

May 3, 1916
Quebec, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Benoit-Berthiol Guay.

Son of Arthur Guay and Herméline Tremblay (deceased in 1898), of St-Placide.

His father remarried to Marie-Louise Gaudreault in 1899 and they successively resided in Île-d’Anticosti and St-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, Québec.

He stated being born in Baie-St-Paul when he enlisted.

Commemorated on Page 420 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. A. 18.

Location:

Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30 kilometres north of Amiens on the N25 road to Arras. The DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSIONS lie on the eastern side f the town, about 270 metres south-east of the road to Arras.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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