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Son of François Hamel (deceased in 1899) and Hermine Archambault (deceased in 1902) of Frenchtown, Missoula, Montana. Husband of Rosa Léonard, of Montréal, Québec, and father of four children in the 1911 census.
Severely wounded to the head on 18 September 1916 during the Battle of Courcelette, he was evacuated to England where he died at 2nd Northern General Hospital, Beckett’s Park, Leeds.
Digital gallery of Private Alphonse Hamel
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Hamel
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Hamel
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Hamel
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Hamel
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 250 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LEEDS ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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