Military service
Burial/memorial information
He previously served with the 9th Régiment des Voltigeurs de Québec. He fought at Scherpenberg, during the First Battle of Ypres, at Vierstraat, at St-Éloi, at Zillebeke, all in Belgium, and at the Battle of the Somme, in France. First reported wounded in action on 18 September 1916, he was reported killed in action on 1 January 1917 at Brickfields during the Battle of Courcelette. He was last seen wounded in the left leg and ribs by shrapnel from a shell.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 275 of 734 -
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) -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Bissonnette
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Bissonnette
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Bissonnette
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Bissonnette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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