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Military service
Service number:
62135
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
December 2, 1891
Montréal (Notre-Dame), Québec
Enlistment:
January 12, 1915
St-Jean, Québec
Death:
May 22, 1916
Poperinghe, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. A. 16.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Raoul-Albert Barrette. Son of Louis Barrette and Marie-Louise Morin, of Montréal (Hochelaga), Québec.
He was wounded with grenade shrapnel in the trenches of Saint-Éloi, at Ypres, and he died the following day at the casualty clearing station in Poperinghe.
Additional citations
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Raoul Barrette
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Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 461 of 1058. -
Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 20 June 1916
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 51 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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