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Henri Pierronne

In memory of:

Private Henri Pierronne

April 17, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

61049

Age:

55

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 5, 1862
Croix, Roubaix, Nord, France

Enlistment:

March 1, 1915
St-Jean, Quebec

Son of late Charles and Marie-Adélaïde Pierronne. Husband of Marthe Pierronne, of Croix, Roubaix, Nord, France. Henri Pierronne immigrated alone in Canada in October 1913. In March 1915, he stated he was 10 years younger and widowed when en enrolled with the 22nd Battalion. After a few months on the front lines, he is sent back due to his age and health. Repatriated and released in June 1916, he persevered and re-enrolled. Two months later, he is released for the same reasons. He is taken on strength in March 1917 to get medical treatment but he died the following month of liver cancer.

Commemorated on Page 309 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

800-M.

Location:

Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road. During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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