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Military service
Service number:
660539
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
December 4, 1893
Montréal (Sault-au-Récollet), Québec
Enlistment:
March 15, 1916
Montréal, Québec
Death:
August 27, 1918
Chérisy, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 20.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Wilfred Leclaire. Son of Ludger Leclaire (deceased in 1901) and Émélia Racette, of Montréal, Québec. He had declared to be born on February 14th at the time of his enrolment.
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Private Joseph Leclaire
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Private Joseph Leclaire
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Private Joseph Leclaire
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Private Joseph Leclaire
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Private Joseph Leclaire
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 447 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUEBEC CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Take the D38 from Cherisy to Hendecourt. Approximately 2 kilometres from Cherisy turn left just before Sun Quarry Cemetery onto a dirt track. Continue for 1 kilometre before turning left to arrive at Quebec Cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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