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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
61866
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
June 21, 1892
Mont-Carmel, Bas St-Laurent, Québec
Enlistment:
October 29, 1914
Montréal, Québec
Death:
October 3, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. A. 5.
Additional information
Baptized Charles-Louis Potvin. Son of Antoine Potvin (deceased 1912) and Marie-Éléonore d’Argencourt, of Montréal, Québec.
Additional citations
London Gazette # 29854 dated 8 December 1916, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
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Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of death. -
Wartime diary
Excerpt from the war diary of the 22nd Battalion concerning the losses at the Regina Trench. -
Award Citation
Citation for the award of his Military Medal. -
Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 31 July 1915
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Corporal Louis Potvin
Digital gallery of
Corporal Louis Potvin
Digital gallery of
Corporal Louis Potvin
Digital gallery of
Corporal Louis Potvin
Digital gallery of
Corporal Louis Potvin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 150 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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