Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Rosario Bergeron
In memory of:
Private Rosario Bergeron
August 24, 1917
Military Service
448310
19
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Additional Information
February 26, 1898
Jonquière, Saguenay, Quebec
October 27, 1915
Kénogami, Quebec
Son of Joseph Bergeron and Adélaïde Bergeron of Kénogami, Saguenay, Québec.
Rosario enlisted four months before he was 18 years old.
From the 69th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on 22 August 1916. On 18 August 1917, he was seriously wounded in action at the Battle of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France, on Hill 70 by shrapnel. Admitted to the 6th Canadian Clearing Station, he died of his wounds on 24 August 1917.
Commemorated on Page 200 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
III. D. 46.
Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Circumstances of Death – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bell to Bernaquez. Mircoform Sequence 8; Volume Number. 31829_B016718; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 152 Page 647 of 670 -
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