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When he arrived in France, Joseph was deployed to the 22nd Battalion, but two week later, he was transferred to the Fort Gary Horse.
In October 1918, during the Spanish flu pandemic, he became ill and was evacuated to No 18 Casualty clearing station located at La Malassise, in Longuenesse, near St-Omer. He died there of pneumonia one week later.
His brother Télesphore (service number 892496) died in service in Canada on 24 October 1916.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Napoléon Chartrand
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Private Joseph Napoléon Chartrand
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Private Joseph Napoléon Chartrand
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Rocquigny and Equancourt are two villages in the Department of the Somme, some 13 kilometres north of Peronne and 12 kilometres south-east of Bapaume. Rocquigny and Equancourt are approximately 8 kilometres apart and the ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY lies about halfway between the two villages on the north side of the road just west of the crossing road from Etricourt to Ytres.
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