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Prior to this, he served with the Home Guard for seven months. Enlisted in the 150th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was posted to the 69th Overseas Battalion on 6 April 1916, before being transferred to the 22nd Battalion on the following 27th at Camp Dibgate, England. The same day, he crossed into France. He was killed in action on 16 August 16 1917, during the Battle of Lens on Hill 70 near Cité Saint-Laurent, for the capture of Catapult Trench.
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Private Joseph Boucher
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 205 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. MARY'S A.D.S. CEMETERY, HAISNES Pas de Calais, France
ST. MARY'S A.D.S. CEMETERY is located in the vicinity of Haisnes which lies between the towns of Lens and La Bassee in the Pas-de-Calais. Although the Cemetery lies in open farmland, there are neighbouring towns of Vermelles, Loos-en-Gohelle and Hulluch.
The Cemetery can be reached from the D947, Lens to La Bassee road, and a CWGC signpost is visible on this road. The Cemetery is to be found on the D39, Hulluch to Vermelles road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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