Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he landed at Plymouth, England, on 29 May 1915 and at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on 15 September. First reported missing between 14 and 18 September 1916, on 23 October he was recognised as having been killed in action at Brickfields during the Battle of Courcelette.
Digitized service file.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Adélard Collin
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Photo of Adelard Collin
Adelard Collin killed on the battlefield of Courcelette. Collection: Stéphane Thibault -
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)
Digital gallery of
Private Adélard Collin
Digital gallery of
Private Adélard Collin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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