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Military service
Service number:
660027
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
January 8, 1896
St-Joseph-de-Lévis (Lauzon), Québec
Enlistment:
December 20, 1915
Sherbrooke, Québec
Death:
August 22, 1917
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Son of Théophile Therrien and Desanges Lefrançois, of Cookshire, Compton, Québec.
He enrolled first under his real name (Alphonse Therrien, service number 448481) and deserted shortly after. He then re-enrolled with a different unit (service number 660 27); changing his first name, date of birth and place of birth.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Alphonse Therrien
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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)
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Private Joseph Alphonse Therrien
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 337 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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