Military service
Burial/memorial information
He got married in 1910, was father of five, the youngest being born only two weeks before his departure overseas.
He previously served with the 84th Regiment in St-Hyacinthe, Québec. Enlisted in the 150th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in Liverpool, England, on 6 October 1916 with HMT Lapland. Transferred on 28 November 1916 to the 22nd Battalion, he was reported missing on 5 May 1917, during the Battle of Fresnoy, France, then recognized as killed in action on the 5th.
Digitized service file.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Alphonse Chagnon
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 207 of 958. -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Joseph Alphonse Chagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Alphonse Chagnon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 214 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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