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Edgar Bourbonnais

In memory of:

Private Edgar Bourbonnais

August 24, 1917
Hill 70, Lens, France

Military Service

Service Number:

61785

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Badge

Additional Information

Born:

August 5, 1890
Ogdensburg, New York

Enlistment:

October 23, 1914
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Léonard Bourbonnais and Joséphine Denis, of Montréal, Québec. On his attestation paper, Bernard is inscribed as his father’s first name, but genealogy research indicate that his father’s first name was Léonard.

He previously served four months with the 65th Regiment, Carabiniers Mont-Royal. He arrived in England on 29 May 29 1915, and on 7 April 1917, in France, he suffered bruises and burns to his left shoulder. From 9 to 12 June 1917, he was posted to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion. On 23 August 1917, he was wounded in action in the left leg and buttocks at Petit-Servins during the Battle of Lens, France, on Hill 70 near Cité Saint-Laurent for the capture of Catapult Trench. He died of his wounds on the 24th.

Commemorated on Page 205 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. D. 48.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 313 of 934

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 313 of 934
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  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse 4 September 1917

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    Newspaper clipping – La Presse 4 September 1917

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