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Military service
Service number:
417739
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
41st Bn.
Birth:
January 28, 1883
L’Assomption, Québec
Enlistment:
September 7, 1915
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Death:
January 10, 1916
Frensham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
R.C. A. 3.
Additional information
Baptized Henry-Joseph-Louis Jolicoeur. Son of Eudoxie Rayneault (deceased in 1901) and Ludger Jolicoeur, of l’Assomption. The father never remarried and moved with his family to Vaucluse, l’Assomption, Québec. Henry stated being born in Montréal on 22 February 1887 when he enlisted. He is recorded as ""Henry"" on his baptism record and ""Henri"" in the Book of Remembrance.
Mortally stabbed without motive by another soldier, he died of his wounds the same day at Frensham Hill Military Hospital, near Farnham, Surrey.
Digital gallery of Private Henry Jolicoeur
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Press Clipping
Source: The Globe, Toronto Wednesday January 12, 1916 -
Press Clipping
Source: The Globe, Toronto Friday January 14, 1916 -
Press Clipping
Source: The Globe, Toronto Friday January 21 1916 -
Commemorative Plaque
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Henry Jolicoeur
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jolicoeur
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jolicoeur
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jolicoeur
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jolicoeur
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jolicoeur
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Jolicoeur
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 110 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BORDON MILITARY CEMETERY Hampshire, United Kingdom
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