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Arthur-Charles |
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Dagesse
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17 septembre 1886
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New Bedford, MA |
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États-Unis USA |
Décès: |
15 mars 1918 - âge: 32
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Inh. à Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
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Husband of Nettie Miriam Downing, of Wimbledon, England.
PRIVATE, Dagesse Arthur Charles. #34453. 22nd Bn. Canadian Infantry (Québec Regiment). “Shot by order Field General Court Martial” for desertion. Absented himself as unit was going into line prior to Battle of Vimy Ridge. Absent 4 April 1917 and arrested in Paris 29 April 1917. Escaped 8 May 1917, while awaiting trial and arrested in Paris 4 October 1917 dressed as a sergeant of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Thirteen prior convictions for absence. He is one of 23 soldiers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force executed for desertion, cowardice and other military capital offences who were entered into Parliament Hill's Book of Remembrance on 11 Dec 2001. Gov. of Canada has offered a formal apology. Commemorated at the Shot at Dawn Memorial in Staffordshire, UK.
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