Military service
Burial/memorial information
After serving in Bermuda with the 163rd Battalion and posted on 7 January 1917 to the 10th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in England, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on 20 April 1917. Disembarking at Le Havre, Normandy, France, on 21 April, he took part in the battles of Vimy and Lens, Pas-de-Calais, where he was seriously wounded. Evacuated to England on 14 July, he returned to the front on 11 December of the same year in the Passchendaele sector, West Flanders. In January 1918, he took part in the fighting at Méricourt, in February at Liévin-Lens, and in April at Neuville-Vitasse, all in the Pas-de-Calais. He was killed in action on 9 August 1918 during the Battle of Amiens between Vrély and Méharicourt.
Digital gallery of Private Jean Bolduc
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 451 of 762 -
Sculpture
A modern sculpture, created by Armand Vaillancourt of Montréal, was erected near City Hall on 15 November 1959 by the Young Chamber of Commerce of Chicoutimi. It is dedicated to the citizens of Chicoutimi who died during the two Great World Wars and calls to mind the horrors of war, 201 Racine Street, Chicoutimi, Quebec. 1914-1918 AUBIN L. BOLDUC J.R. BOULIANNE C. BEAUHEMIER J.E. KANE R. CÔTÉ R. DALLAIRE E. DESBIENS J. DESMEULES A. DUBÉ J. DUBUC J. FORTIN A. GAGNON S. GIRARD J. GUAY P.E., D.S.O. LAROUCHE W. 1939-1945 À CET ENDROIT, EST ENFOUIE DE LA TERRE PRISE EN FRANCE EN 1953 SUR LA TOMBE D'UN GARS MORT AU FRONT EN 1944. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=3821 -
Grave marker
Digital gallery of
Private Jean Bolduc
Digital gallery of
Private Jean Bolduc
Digital gallery of
Private Jean Bolduc
VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
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