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Military service
Service number:
437879
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
April 28, 1877
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. G. 23.
Additional information
Son of Cecile Laboucave Poitras; husband of Mary Ward (formerly Poitras), of Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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Insigne de casquette
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Insigne de casquette
Cap badge of the 51st Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Pierre Tombale
Grave marker Pte J. Poitras. Photo by BGen(ret'd) G. Young, submitted by Capt(ret'd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Document
Record of Service Card courtest of 48th Highlanders Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Document
Record of Service Card (back) courtesy of 48th Highlanders Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Mémorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Theipval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo de JOHN POITRAS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Private John Poitras
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Private John Poitras
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Private John Poitras
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Private John Poitras
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Private John Poitras
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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