Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the 57th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force as Paul Dion, he was assigned to the 41st Battalion before transferring to the 23rd Reserve Battalion. He arrived with this unit in Plymouth, England, on October 28, 1915. Transferred to the 22nd Battalion on April 15, 1916, he landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on the 16th. He was killed in action on June 11, 1916, during the Battle of Zillebeke-Mont-Sorrel in the Ypres Salient, Belgium. His body was never found.
He served as Paul Dion and he is also commemorated on page 78 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Herménégilde Dick
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 581 of 1084. No record of burial.
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Private Joseph Herménégilde Dick
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Herménégilde Dick
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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