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Léonidas Bourassa
In memory of:
Private Léonidas Bourassa
August 12, 1918
Vrély et Méharicourt, France
Military Service
2134805
20
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
June 25, 1898
Québec (Stadacona), Quebec
December 18, 1916
Québec, Quebec
Baptized Marie-Joseph-Pierre-Léonidas Bourassa. Son of Pierre Bourassa (deceased in 1899) and Léonie Poulin, of Québec, Québec. His mother remarried to Émile Lachance in 1906 and lived successively in Québec, Shawinigan and Montréal.
Léonidas stated being born in 1897 when he enlisted. He was wounded in the Battle of Amiens, during the taking of the villages of Vrély and Méharicourt. Evacuated of his unit on 10 August 1918, he died of his wounds two days later.
Commemorated on Page 371 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France
A. 18.
Vrely is a village 32 kilometres East of Amiens, immediately South of Rosieres-en-Santerre. The Communal Cemetery Extension adjoins the rear of the Communal Cemetery which is West of the village on the road to Caix.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 303 of 934
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