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Military service
Service number:
291649
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
August 23, 1892
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
November 11, 1915
St. Boniface, Manitoba
Death:
November 9, 1917
Passchendaele, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of François (aka Francis) Bellefontaine and Sophie (aka Sophia) Bonin from West Chezzetcook, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
He was killed in action on 9 November 1917 near Abraham Heights, Belgium, during the Battle of Passchendaele.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Private Urbain Bellefontaine
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Urbain Bellefontaine
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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