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He enlisted at 17 and was fighting at the front since almost one year when, during the assault and the taking of Hill 70, near Lens, he was severely wounded to a thigh from a big piece of shrapnel. He was then evacuated to No. 4 Field ambulance, located at Fosse 10, and he died there shortly after arrival.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Joseph Ducharme
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Lance Corporal Joseph Ducharme
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Lance Corporal Joseph Ducharme
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FOSSE No. 10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.
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