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Baptized Joseph-Wilbrod-Léon-Antonio Brassard. Son of Louis-Israël Brossard and Georgiana Hébert, of Montréal, Québec. He was inscribed as “Brassard” on his baptismal record but his father and him signed “Brossard”.
Léo-Antonio was deployed in France to serve with the 22nd Battalion but he never joined this unit. After three weeks in a camp with other reinforcement, he was re-assigned to the 87th Battalion.
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Private Léo Antonio Brossard
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 309 of 1128
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The grave marker at the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer/J. Stephens 2010)
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Private Léo Antonio Brossard
A panoramic view of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
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Private Léo Antonio Brossard
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 309 of 1128
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The grave marker at the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer/J. Stephens 2010)
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A panoramic view of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 375 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Souchez is a village in the Department of the Pas-De-Calais, 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. It lies in the valley of the Souchez river, between the Lorette Bridge to the west and Vimy Ridge to the east. The CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.
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