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Baptized Joseph-Ubalde-Sigismond Bissonnette. Son of Anaclet Bissonnette and Luxivina Dansereau of St-Marc-sur-Richelieu and Montréal, Québec.
Husband of Régina-Denise Charpentier of Montréal, Québec.
He fought at Bully-Grenay, Lens, Angres, Pas-de-Calais, France, where he was wounded on 9 March 1917 by the blast of an exploding shell. On the following 31st he was admitted to King George Hospital on Stamford Street in Waterloo, England, now London, where he died of his wounds on 21st April 1917.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 202 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres.
In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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