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Military service
Service number:
448556
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
July 13, 1892
Sherbrooke, Québec
Enlistment:
June 25, 1915
Sherbrooke, Québec
Death:
May 28, 1917
Bruay-la-Bussière, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 22.
Additional information
Son of Maxime and Elise Vuellette Marcotte, of Sherbrooke. Born at Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Antoine Elphège Marcotte
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Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of death -
Photo of JOSEPH ANTOINE ELPHEGE MARCOTTE
Photo of Elphège Marcotte recovered from a family genealogy. -
Grave marker
Grave marker -
Wartime diary
Excerpt from the War Diary of the 22nd Battalion which explains the origin of the wounds that caused his death.
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Antoine Elphège Marcotte
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Antoine Elphège Marcotte
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Antoine Elphège Marcotte
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Antoine Elphège Marcotte
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Antoine Elphège Marcotte
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 290 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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