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Baptized on January 26 in St-Raphaël. Bellechasse, Quebec, as Joseph Mathias Alphonse Demuth. Married August 25, 1913, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He enlisted on September 9, 1915, in the 57th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, declaring that he was born on the 27th. With the 41st Battalion, he embarked at Montreal, Quebec, for England, landing at Plymouth on October 28, 1915. Integrated into the 23rd Reserve Battalion on March 15, 1916, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on April 15 and landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on the 16th. Presumed killed in action between September 14 and 18, 1916, his death is confirmed to have occurred on September 14, 1916 at the Battle of Courcelette.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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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) -
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Private Joseph Demuth
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Private Joseph Demuth
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 76 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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