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Military service
Service number:
416420
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
June 18, 1887
Montréal (Ste-Brigide), Québec
Enlistment:
February 24, 1915
Montréal, Québec
Death:
October 4, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Dulcina Allard (deceased in 1903) and Édouard-Alphonse Magnan (deceased in 1910), of Montréal, Québec. At enlistment, he named his sister Èva (wife of Charles-Albert Léonard) as his next of kin, and; after his death, the eldest of the family, his sister Dulcina (widow of Joseph-Édouard Paquet), was designated as heir to his medals.
Digital gallery of Private Alphonse Magnan
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of ALPHONSE MAGNAN
Photo of Alphonse Magnan (recovered from a genealogy site) -
Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of death -
Wartime diary
Excerpt from the 22nd Battalion War Diary that clarifies the details surrounding his death.
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Private Alphonse Magnan
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Magnan
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Magnan
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Magnan
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Magnan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 131 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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