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Military service
Service number:
2134805
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
June 25, 1898
Québec (Stadacona)
Enlistment:
December 18, 1916
Québec
Death:
August 12, 1918
Vrély et Méharicourt, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 18.
Additional information
Baptized Marie-Joseph-Pierre-Léonidas Bourassa. Son of Pierre Bourassa (deceased in 1899) and Léonie Poulin, of Québec, Québec. His mother remarried to Émile Lachance in 1906 and lived successively in Québec, Shawinigan and Montréal.
Léonidas stated being born in 1897 when he enlisted. He was wounded in the Battle of Amiens, during the taking of the villages of Vrély and Méharicourt. Evacuated of his unit on 10 August 1918, he died of his wounds two days later.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 303 of 934
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Private Léonidas Bourassa
VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
Vrely is a village 32 kilometres East of Amiens, immediately South of Rosieres-en-Santerre. The Communal Cemetery Extension adjoins the rear of the Communal Cemetery which is West of the village on the road to Caix.
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