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Baptized Joseph-Jules-Albert Denis. Son of Adolphe-Ludger Denis and Adèle Deguire of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born in 1890 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he left for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, landing in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. He was assigned to the Signal Battalion on July 8. On September 15, he set foot in Le Havre, Normandy, France. On January 10, 1917, he was assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion, returning to his original unit on March 16, 1917.
Albert and his brother Private Henri Denis were both signalers at the Battalion headquarters and were sleeping in a dugout next to the orderly room when a heavy shell struck. It was believed they had been asphyxiated by the fumes of the explosion.
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Page 227 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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