Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Alfred Biron and Nathalie Larocque, of St-Janvier-de-Weedon, Québec, and Fiskdale, Massachusetts.
Transferred to the 22nd Battalion on 28 June 1916, he fought at Zillebeke, Belgium, at the Battle of the Somme and at Courcelette, France, where he was killed in action on 2 October 1916 during the engagement to capture Regina Trench.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 135 of 734 -
Memorial
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) -
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Auguste Biron
Digital gallery of
Private Auguste Biron
Digital gallery of
Private Auguste Biron
Digital gallery of
Private Auguste Biron
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Private Auguste Biron
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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