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Military service
Service number:
121115
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
September 13, 1884
Montréal, Québec
Enlistment:
October 7, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Évariste and Émilie Bourassa (née Galipeau). He had married Irène Lapointe on February 6, 1905 at St-Jacques-le-Majeur Cathedral in Montreal.
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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 301 of 934 -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 21 October 1916
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Private Joseph Émile Bourassa
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Émile Bourassa
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Émile Bourassa
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 205 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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