Military service
Burial/memorial information
Baptized Joseph Émé Labranche. Son of Charles Labranche and Élisa Verville, of Thetford-Mines, Mégantic, Québec.
He stated being born in Thetford-Mines in 1893 when he enlisted.
Enlisted 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. On September 15 of that year, he crossed the English Channel from Folkestone and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on the same day with the battalion’s first contingent. He was reported missing in action between September 30 and October 4, 1916. For official purposes, he is presumed to have been killed in action on October 1, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette, Somme, in the capture of the Regina Trench. His body was never found.
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Newspaper clipping
Source : La Presse, 13 October 1915 -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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) -
Inscription
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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Aimé Labranche
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Private Aimé Labranche
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Private Aimé Labranche
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Private Aimé Labranche
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Private Aimé Labranche
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Private Aimé Labranche
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 115 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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