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Joseph Ducharme

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Joseph Ducharme

August 17, 1917
Fosse 10, Sains-en-Gohelle, France

Military Service

Service Number:

120385

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 22, 1898
St-Norbert-de-Berthier, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 16, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Gédéon-Hermel Ducharme. Son of Eugène Ducharme (deceased in 1913) and Marie-Louise Hénault (remarried in 1916 to Joseph Coutu), of Joliette, Québec. His usual first name was “Hermel” and he stated being born in 1894 when he enlisted.

He enlisted at 17 and was fighting at the front since almost one year when, during the assault and the taking of Hill 70, near Lens, he was severely wounded to a thigh from a big piece of shrapnel. He was then evacuated to No. 4 Field ambulance, located at Fosse 10, and he died there shortly after arrival.

Commemorated on Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FOSSE No. 10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 33.

Location:

Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.

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: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 59 of 1062.

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