Military service
Burial/memorial information
When he enlisted in the 57th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he stated that he was born on August 6, 1893, in Montreal, Quebec. Assigned to the 41st Battalion on October 13, 1915, he arrived in England on the 28th. Integrated into the 23rd Reserve Battalion on March 15, 1916, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on April 15 and sent to France on the 16th. He went to the front line on May 4. He was initially reported missing in action between September 14 and 18, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette. On October 23 of that year, he was presumed killed in action on September 15, 1916.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Desrosiers
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Memorial
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) -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - October 7th 1916
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Private Joseph Desrosiers
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Desrosiers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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