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Military service
Service number:
457413
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
June 2, 1896
Ste-Madeleine, St-Hyacinthe County, Québec
Enlistment:
June 16, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
May 20, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. G. 29.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Hermina Portelance (née Jeannotte) who lived in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. When he enlisted, he declared that he was born June 2, 1894.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Portelance
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Portelance
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Portelance
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Portelance
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Portelance
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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