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Baptized Louis-Joseph-Paschal Dupont. Son of Théodule Dupont and Eugénie Giasson, of St-Jean-Port-Joli, L’Islet, Québec.
Enlisted in the 69th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he left for Great Britain on April 17, 1916, arriving in Liverpool, England, on the 27th. He was promoted several times to corporal and demoted at his own request. On September 27, 1916, he was demoted to private and transferred to the 22nd Battalion. On the 28th, he left for France, landing in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, that same day. He joined his new unit on the front lines on the 16th in Bully-Grenay. From February 15 to March 17, 1917, he was loaned to the Canadian Corps Composite Company at headquarters, then from March 18 to June 3, 1917, to the 2nd Army Troops Company of the Corps of Engineers. Returning to the 22nd Battalion, he was promoted to corporal on April 30, 1918, and was killed in action on August 9, 1918, during the Battle of Amiens at Wiencourt-l'Équipée, between Vrély and Méharicourt. His body was never found.
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Photo of Joseph Dupont
Photo courtesy of Renée Després from the Livre de M. Jean-Daniel, Thériault. -
Photo of Joseph Dupont
Photo courtesy of Renée Després from the Livre de M. Jean-Daniel, Thériault. -
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Le Peuple, organe du district de Montmagny August 30th 1918 -
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La Presse - June 3rd 1916 -
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Corporal Joseph Dupont
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Corporal Joseph Dupont
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Corporal Joseph Dupont
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Corporal Joseph Dupont
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Corporal Joseph Dupont
Digital gallery of
Corporal Joseph Dupont
Digital gallery of
Corporal Joseph Dupont
Digital gallery of
Corporal Joseph Dupont
Digital gallery of
Corporal Joseph Dupont
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 401 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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