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Baptized Joseph Charles Fournier. Son of Alexis Fournier and Joséphine Brousseau, of Grande-Vallée, Gaspésie, Québec. In November 1915, he was severely wounded to the neck by a German sniper and he spent six month recuperating in England.
He served in the 9th Regiment of Quebec Voltigeurs from August 4, 1914, to May 4, 1915, before enlisting in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. From Folkestone on September 15, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on the same day.
On November 8, 1915, he was seriously wounded in the neck by a German sniper and had to spend nearly six months in England.
He returned to the 22nd Battalion on April 23, 1916, and went back to France on the 24th. He was initially reported missing between September 14 and 18, 1916, and after an investigation, he was recognized as having been killed in action on September 15 at Brickfields during the Battle of Courcelette. His body was never found.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - October 10th 1916
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Private Charles Fournier
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Private Charles Fournier
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Fournier
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 87 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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