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Military service
Service number:
61983
Age:
50
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
January 16, 1867
Québec (St-Roch), Québec
Enlistment:
December 1, 1914
St-Jean, Québec
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. E. 1.
Additional information
Baptized Alphonse-Edmond Rousseau.
Son of Michel Rousseau (deceased in 1880) and Flavie Demontigny (deceased in 1888), of Québec (St-Roch).
Married to Marie-Louise Massé in 1890, widowed in 1900 and father of four children in the 1901 census. Remarried to Azilda Roberge in 1904.
When he enlisted, he stated being born on January 14, 1870, also stated being single and he named his sister Joséphine (wife of David Boivin) as next-of-kin. She was the caregiver of his children.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Edmond Rousseau
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Grave marker
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Edmond Rousseau
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 319 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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