Military service
Burial/memorial information
Baptized Joseph-Louis-Flavien. Son of Louis Binet and Alvine Bédard of Québec. He stated his birthdate as being 14 January when he enlisted. The original attestation paper was lost and he was re-enlisted at Camp Dibgate, England on 25 August 1915. However, he sailed overseas with reinforcements of the 57th Battalion on 21 July 1915 and the boarding list shows that he enrolled on 10 July 1915 in Valcartier.
He served from 1905 with the 9th Régiment des Voligeurs de Québec, Québec, and was promoted to lieutenant on 14 April 1912. Transferred to the 22nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, on 21 December 1915, he saw action at Vierstraat, St. Eloi, Zillebeke, Belgium, and the Battle of the Somme, France. He was killed in action on 16 September 1916 by shrapnel to the heart during an assault during the Battle of Courcelette at Sauvage Valley near Bazentin, Mametz and Contalmaison woods.
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Photo of Louis Joseph Binet
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Death Registry
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bernard to Binyon. Mircoform Sequence 9; Volume Number 31829_B016719; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 Page 599 of 652 -
Inscription
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) -
Photo of Louis Binet
Photo Credit: Les Voltigeurs de Québec by Jacques Castonguay, Vol. 1. -
Memorial Plaque
Photo Credit Nancy Wright. -
Newspaper clipping
La Patrie - September 25th 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - September 25th 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - October 13th 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
Le peuple, organe du district de Montmagny - December 8th 1916
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Lieutenant Louis Joseph Binet
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Lieutenant Louis Joseph Binet
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Lieutenant Louis Joseph Binet
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Lieutenant Louis Joseph Binet
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Lieutenant Louis Joseph Binet
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Lieutenant Louis Joseph Binet
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Louis Joseph Binet
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Louis Joseph Binet
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Lieutenant Louis Joseph Binet
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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