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Military service
Service number:
672564
Age:
26
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
March 9, 1892
Ste-Flore, Mauricie, Québec
Enlistment:
April 25, 1916
Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Québec
Death:
September 21, 1918
Drocourt-Quéant Line, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. H. 25.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Adélard Bellemare. He stated being born on 28 March 1891 when he enlisted. Son of Adélard Bellemare and Clarisse Daneau (deceased in 1893). His father remarried to Marguerite Lacroix in 1896 and they moved to La Tuque, Mauricie, Québec.
After taking part in the capture of Regina Trench in mid-September 1918, he was wounded in action on 20 September in the Drocourt-Quéant Line area, Pas-de-Calais, France. He died of these wounds on the 22nd at the 23rd Canadian Clearing Station.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bell to Bernaquez. Mircoform Sequence 8; Volume Number 31829_B016718; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 152 Page 273 of 670. -
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Lance Corporal Joseph Bellemare
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Lance Corporal Joseph Bellemare
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 367 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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