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Baptized Louis-Napoléon Fournier. Son of Louis Fournier and Sophie Turgeon (deceased in 1889), of St-Charles, Bellechasse, Québec. Husband and widowed of Léontine Labrie, of St-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, and Chicopee, Massachusetts. Father of Joseph, Paul É. and Julie Fournier.
He stated being born in 1878 when he enlisted and having served in the 54th Regiment.
Enlisted in the 57th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on June 2, 1916, and landed in Liverpool, England, on the 8th. Upon arrival, he was assigned to the 69th Reserve Battalion. He landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on August 27, 1916, after being transferred to the 22nd Battalion. On September 18, he was loaned to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion, which he joined in combat on the 20th in the Courcelette sector. Returning to the 22nd Battalion, he was wounded in action on April 9, 1917, during the Battle of the Somme. Back in service, he was attached to the 20th Ordnance Mobile from May 31, 1918, to August 6, 1918, when he was temporarily incorporated into the 3rd Brigade Canadian Garrison Artillery, with which he went to the front line on the 6th. On the 10th, he was seriously wounded by shrapnel during the Battle of Amiens, Picardy. He was transported to the 48th Casualty Clearing Station, in Caix near Arras and Roye, where he died on the 11th. He is buried in Villers-Bretonneux, Somme.
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Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
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Private Louis Fournier
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Private Louis Fournier
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Fournier
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Fournier
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 410 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France
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