Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the 41st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was first transferred to the 23rd Battalion on 27 June 1915, then to the 22nd Battalion on 10 September 1915. He saw action at Bazentin, Bapaume, Martinpuich, Contalmaison and La Sucrerie. On 16 September 1916, the battalion was ordered to march on Sausage Valley near Courcelette, Pas-de-Calais. He was killed in action the same day.
Digitized service file.
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Champagne
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - October 10th 1916
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Private Joseph Champagne
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Champagne
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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