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Military service
Service number:
417475
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
February 23, 1887
Longueuil, Chambly, Québec
Enlistment:
July 30, 1915
Montréal, Québec
Death:
September 14, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Évangéliste Beaupré and Malvina St-Amand, of Montréal, Québec.
Reported killed in action between the 14th September 1916 and the 18th during the Battle of Courcelette, France, he was declared killed in action on the 14th.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Léon Beaupré
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - October 10th 1916
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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