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Private Joseph Dubord

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Military service

Service number: 417271
Age: 29
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: June 21, 1887 Trois-Rivières, Mauricie
Enlistment: July 30, 1915
Death: October 4, 1916 Contay, Somme, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: I. F. 27.
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"Baptized Joseph-Henri Dubord. Son of Henriette Pintal (deceased in 1888) and Ludovic Dubord (remarried in 1889 to Adèle Guimond and deceased in 1895). Adèle Guimond died in 1904 and they were all from Trois-Rivières.

He named his uncle Onésime Pintal, of Champlain, Mauricie, as next of kin, and Anna Lord (wife of Hercule Garceau), of Trois-Rivières, as adoptive mother and heiress.

Severely wounded to the abdomen during the assault on Regina trench in Courcelette, he died of his wounds at No 9 Casualty clearing station, located in Contay, near Amiens."

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France

Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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