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He was the son of Trefflé Brunet and Virginie Letellier.
Joseph-Charles-Trefflé Brunet was adopted at a young age by George-Edouard Desmarais and Marie-Louise Brunet. They moved to Central Falls, Rhode Island in 1918.
Enlisted in the 150th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, on October 6, 1916, he arrived in Liverpool, England. On November 28, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and left the next day for France, where he landed in Boulogne, in the Pas-de-Calais, that same day. He was killed in action on May 4, 1917, during the Battle of Fresnoy.
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Sergeant Joseph Desmarais
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Sergeant Joseph Desmarais
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 227 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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