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Baptized Joseph-Philéas Fortier. Son of Philéas Fortier and Délina Lessard, of Robertsonville, Mégantic, Québec.
He was widower of Fabiana (aka Fabiola) Gosselin (deceased in 1911) and father of three children, under custody of his brother-in-law James Paradis and sister-in-law, Léda Gosselin, of Robertsonville.
Enlisted in the 41st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on June 17, 1915, arriving in Plymouth, England, on the 28th. He was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on September 10 and landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on the 15th.
He was hit by shrapnel in the trenches of Saint-Éloi, Ypres, and he died of his wounds in Dickebusch, at the forward first aid station of the No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance, located in Reninghelst.
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Page 87 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium
DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, in the village of Dikkebus itself. ( * Dikkebus is the modern spelling of Dickebusch).
From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg (N375), is reached via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J. Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M. Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg.
On reaching the village of Dikkebus, the DICKEBUSH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located on the Kerkstraat, which is a small street turning left off the Dikkebusseweg. 200 metres along this street, and just beyond the village church lies the cemetery. This cemetery lies opposite Dickebusch New Military Extension.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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