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Burial/memorial information
Son of Georges Bossé and Marie Lévesque from Lac-des-Aigles, Rimouski, Québec. Brother of Privates Maurice and Ernest, Royal 22e Régiment. They survived the war.
On 10 July 1943, he landed in Sicily as part of Operation Husky. On the 17th, he fought at Valguarnera and on the 29th at Catenanuova. He was killed in action on 6 August 1943 by shrapnel to the back during Phase II Alexander for the capture of Adrano, located at the foot of Mount Etna. He was buried the same day in Carcaci before being exhumed and reburied in Agira.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Bossé
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Photo of Joseph Bosse
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Group Photo
Joseph Bossé in England, 1940 -
Photo of JOSEPH BOSSE
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Attestation paper
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Circumstances of death
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Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Photo 2 of Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Memorial
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Grave Marker
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Letter
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Temporary Grave Marker
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Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Bossé
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Bossé
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Bossé
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Bossé
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Bossé
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Bossé
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Bossé
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Bossé
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Bossé
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 138 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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