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Baptized Joseph-Joséas Girouard. Son of Simon-M. Girouard and Adèle « Madeleine » Bastarache, of Moncton, New Brunswick. He stated being born in 1896 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 165th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he transferred to the 13th Reserve Battalion on an unspecified date and sailed for Great Britain on March 25, 1917. He landed in Liverpool, England, on April 7. On May 1, he was incorporated into the 10th Reserve Battalion. From May 21 to October 8, he was trained as a signalman. On November 1, 1917, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion in that capacity. On the 8th, he landed in France and went to the front on the 21st. On November 23, 1918, he was granted fourteen days' leave to spend in England.
After one year at the front, he went to England on furlough for a two-week period, starting 23 November 1918. After seven days, he fell sick, and was admitted to Endell Street Military Hospital in London on December 1st. He died there of pneumonia two days later.
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Pierre tombale
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Feuille d'engagement
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Feuille d'engagement
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Papier d'attestation
Plaque describing the special type of hospital where he died, ie; fully managed, directed and operated by women. A great example of true feminism. -
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Pvt Joseph Osias Girouard from Moncton New Brunswick -
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Private Joseph Osias Girouard
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Page 415 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres.
In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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