Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Wilfrid Bourassa
In memory of:
Private Wilfrid Bourassa
December 25, 1916
Military Service
448113
24
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Additional Information
July 31, 1892
Lowell, Massachusetts
July 27, 1915
Trois-Rivières, Mauricie, Quebec
He was named Joseph-Wilfrid Bourassa. Son of Wilfrid-Trefflé Bourassa (deceased in 1908 in the USA) and Marie Martineau dit St-Onge, of Louiseville, Mauricie, Québec. His mother remarried to Honoré Duval on 12 January 1918.
Enlisted in the 57th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in Liverpool, England, on 8 June 1916 and was posted the same day to the 69th Reserve Battalion. On 27 August, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. From 18 to 20 September 1916, he was on loan to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion. He was killed in action at around 1 a.m. on 25 December 1916 in the Meknes trenches, between Angres and Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France, by a 150 mm shell fired by German artillery.
Commemorated on Page 56 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
K. 10.
Aix-Noulette lies about 16 kilometres north of Arras about 2 kilometres south-west of Bully-les-Mines on the road from Arras to Bethune. TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres east of the village.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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