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Military service
Service number:
61789
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
August 16, 1892
Berthierville, Berthier, Québec
Enlistment:
February 8, 1915
St-Jean, Québec
Death:
October 4, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Mrs. Marie Louise Plante.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Joseph Plante
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
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Wartime diary
Excerpt from the 22nd Battalion War Diary covering the period of his death in combat.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Plante
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Plante
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Plante
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Plante
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Plante
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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