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Military service
Service number:
2320413
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
March 9, 1880
Ste-Agathe, Manitoba
Enlistment:
August 2, 1917
St.Boniface, Manitoba
Death:
August 16, 1918
Chilly, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Jean-Baptiste Dupuis (deceased on 31 August 1919) and Cécile Pilon, of St-Adolphe, Manitoba. Widower of Marie Bruce. He stated being born in 1881 when he enlisted, but, according to 1891 and 1901 Manitoba Censuses, he would have been born in 1880.
He was wounded to the leg by a machine gun bullet, in an action in the vicinity of Chilly, and he was making his way towards the unit’s dressing station, when he was last seen.
Digital gallery of Private William Dupuis
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Vimy visit 2015
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Vimy visit 2015
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Our Canada
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Vimy Memorial
Landscape today at Vimy, very beautiful and peaceful......trip 2015 -
Chalk direction on sidewalk to memorial
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Vimy Memorial
Vimy memorial......trip 2015 -
Paying respects
Flowers for Great Grandpa William ..trip 2015 -
Vimy Memorial
long beautiful path to the memorial..trip 2015 -
Inscription
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Vimy Memorial
Battle ground today at Vimy....trip 2015 -
Family Photo
Private William Dupuis and his wife Mary Bruce Dupuis. -
Newspaper clipping
The photo was taken from the BANQ (Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec) database. -
Inscription
Detail of the memorial plaque on the cenotaph in the Saint Claude Roman Catholic Old Cemetery, Saint-Claude, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. -
War Memorial
Cenotaph in the Saint Claude Roman Catholic Old Cemetery, Saint-Claude, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of
Private William Dupuis
Digital gallery of
Private William Dupuis
Digital gallery of
Private William Dupuis
Digital gallery of
Private William Dupuis
Digital gallery of
Private William Dupuis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 401 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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