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Sergeant RENE DESMARAIS

Service Number: 199021
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

25th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

A. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Medal and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of Eusebe and Josephine Desmarais, of Keewatin, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription BON JESUS DONNEZ-LUI LE REPOS ETERNEL ADIEU AU REVOIR AU CIEL R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 43
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