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Private François Cousineau

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Military service

Service number: 120245
Age: 18
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: May 30, 1898 Ville St-Laurent (Montréal), Québec
Enlistment: August 11, 1915 Montréal, Québec
Death: October 2, 1916 Courcelette, France

Burial/memorial information

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave reference: X. A. 14.
Additional information
Son of Herménégilde Cousineau (deceased in 1903) and Aldine (aka Délia) Dumas. His mother remarried to Joseph Fortin in 1906 and they lived in Montréal (St-Henri), Québec.

François stated being born on 31 May 1896 when he enlisted.

Enlisted in the 69th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in Liverpool, England, on 27 April 1916. Transferred to the 22nd Battalion on 28 June, he landed in France the same day and went to the front line on 13 July. He was initially presumed killed in action between 30 September and 4 October 1916, and on 13 November he was confirmed killed in action on 2 October 1916 during the Battle of Courcelette for the capture of Regina Trench.

His first name is spelled “Francis” on page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.

Additional citations

British War Medal, Victory Medal

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France

Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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