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Raoul Bolduc

In memory of:

Private Raoul Bolduc

September 17, 1916
Courcelette, France

Military Service

Service Number:

417520

Age:

42

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information

Born:

December 25, 1873
Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 11, 1915
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Narcisse Bolduc and Célina Turcotte of Montréal.

He pretended he was six years younger and widowed when he enlisted.

Husband of Rosa Desormiers of Montréal (remarried to Hormisdas Paré in 1920)., Father of Yvonne and Gabrielle Bolduc.

He enlisted on 11 August 1915 in Montréal, Québec, with the 41st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and was posted to the 23rd Battalion on 15 March 1916 in Shorncliffe, England, before being transferred to the 22nd Battalion in France, on 15 April of that year. He fought at Zillebeke, Belgium, and then at the Battle of the Somme in France. He was killed in action on 17 September 1916 at the Battle of Courcelette, France.

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

Cemetery:

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. Q. 9.

Location:

Pozieres is a village some 6 kilometres north-east of Albert, and the POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, which is enclosed by the Pozieres Memorial, is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres.

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: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 457 of 762

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 457 of 762
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  • Grave marker– Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England

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    Grave marker – Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England

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