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Christened Joseph-Louis-Albert Béland, he served under the name Alfred Béland. He declared that he was born on 8 February 1885 when he enlisted. Son of Antoine Béland (d. 1907) and Malvina Grenier (d. 1922). Husband of Rosalba Renaud in 1906 and father of four children, of Montréal, Québec, including Joseph William Alfred, Joseph Édouard Adrien and Marie Rose Germaine Béland.
He was evacuated of his unit on 3 January 1918 and was sent to England at the end of the month due to chronic nephritis. He died there two months later of this condition; pleuritic and pneumonia.
British War Medal, Victory
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Page 366 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY Lancashire, United Kingdom
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