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Military service
Service number:
61049
Age:
55
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
April 5, 1862
Croix, Roubaix, Nord, France
Enlistment:
March 1, 1915
St-Jean, Québec
Death:
April 17, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
800-M.
Additional information
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.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 309 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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