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Enlisted in the 57th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in Liverpool, England, on 8 June 1916 and was posted the same day to the 69th Reserve Battalion. On 27 August, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. From 18 to 20 September 1916, he was on loan to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion. He was killed in action at around 1 a.m. on 25 December 1916 in the Meknes trenches, between Angres and Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France, by a 150 mm shell fired by German artillery.
Digital gallery of Private Wilfrid Bourassa
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Private Wilfrid Bourassa
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 56 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Aix-Noulette lies about 16 kilometres north of Arras about 2 kilometres south-west of Bully-les-Mines on the road from Arras to Bethune. TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres east of the village.
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