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Joseph Bergeron

In memory of:

Private Joseph Bergeron

July 11, 1916
London, England

Military Service


Service Number:

448016

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Additional Information


Born:

May 30, 1895
St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Montmagny, Quebec

Enlistment:

July 12, 1915
Montreal, Quebec

His real name is Joseph-Laurent-Alphonse Morin. Joseph Bergeron is an alias under which he enrolled and served.

Son of Laurent Morin and Hermine Boissonnault (who respectively died in 1912 and 1907).

His godfather and godmother, Ferdinand Tanguay and Malvina Boissonnault lived in St-François-de-Montmagny, Québec.

Seriously wounded in action on 16 June 1916 during the Battle of Zillebeke, near Ypres, Belgium, he was evacuated to England and died of his wounds and tetanus on 11 July 1916 at Endell Station Hospital in central London, England.

He is commemorated on page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance under his alias.

Commemorated on Page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

KENSAL GREEN (ST. MARY'S) R. C. CEMETERY
London, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Canadian. 8.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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