Private Gérard Bussières

Son of Philémon Bussières and Alfreda Roy of Saint-Henri, Lévis, Quebec. Half-brother of Private Jean Marie Bussières CD, regimental number ZP-2176, who served in Europe with the Royal 22e Régiment during the Second World War. He survived the war.

He first enlisted in Québec on 16 February 1937 with Canada's Permanent Force and was posted to the Royal 22e Régiment based at the Citadelle of Québec, regimental number P-48803. On 5 September 1939, he re-enlisted with the same regiment and was assigned the regimental number E-4010. He arrived in Liverpool, England on 1 December 1939. On 1 January 1943, he was accidentally killed when he was hit by an electric train on the London Underground at around 9pm. The coroner concluded that he had been negligent. He had 1,159 days' service, including 1,083 overseas.