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Son of Émile Bouchard and Bernadette Silvain from Rivière-du-Loup Station, Québec. Brother of Private Lucien Bouchard, service number E-41995, Royal 22e Régiment, who also fought in Europe. He survived the war.
Enrolled in the Canadian Militia in 1928, he joined the Fusiliers du Saint-Laurent on 1 September 1939. Transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment, he took part in the Allied landing in Sicily on 10 July 1943, Operation Husky. He took part in the fighting at Grottacalda, Operation Grizzly. Following a company engagement in the face of continuous enemy fire on 18 July 1943 at Grottacalda, Bouchard got so close to the Germans that he was able to hear them talking. From his position, he was able to direct Canadian artillery fire on enemy positions, earning him the Military Cross (MC). He charged forward, bayonet fixed, at Catenanuova. He was killed in action during an assault on Mount Scalpello, Sicily, near Catenanuova. He was mortally wounded by a fragment of a mortar shell.
A street bears the name Léo-Bouchard in the St-François-Xavier of Rivière-du-Loup. A bridge on the Canadian Forces base at Valcartier, Québec, also bears his name.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
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Captain Léo Bouchard, MC, R22eR -
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Photo 2 of Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Newspaper Clipping
Joseph Leo Bouchard Left.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Citation for the award of his Military Cross
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Captain Joseph Léo Philias Bouchard
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Captain Joseph Léo Philias Bouchard
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Captain Joseph Léo Philias Bouchard
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Captain Joseph Léo Philias Bouchard
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Captain Joseph Léo Philias Bouchard
Digital gallery of
Captain Joseph Léo Philias Bouchard
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 138 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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