Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Joseph Leroux
In memory of:
Private Joseph Leroux
July 7, 1917
Angres, France
Military Service
660756
29
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
October 16, 1887
Bourget, Russell, Ontario
March 31, 1916
Montréal, Quebec
Baptized Joseph-Augustin Leroux. Son of Rose-de-Lima Ménard (deceased in 1906) and Hilaire Leroux (remarried in 1911 to Alphonsine Primeau), of Bourget, Russell, Ontario. He had declared to be born on April 15, 1889 when he enlisted.
Commemorated on Page 274 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
XIX. F. 14.
Loos (Loos-en-Gohelle) is a village to the north of the road from Lens to Bethune. From Lens, take the N43 towards Bethune. Arriving at Loos, turn right at CWGC sign post. The LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre from Loos Church in the southern part of the village.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Wartime diary – Excerpt from wartime diary from the 22nd battalion -
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Newspaper clipping – La Presse - August 8, 1917 -
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Photo of Joseph Leroux – Joseph Leroux, Originaire de Bourget, Ontario - 1916 -
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Photo of Joseph Leroux – Joseph Leroux (Service # 660756) Back row, 2nd from right - Originates from Bourget, Ontario. Photo taken in Prospect, Bermuda, 1916.
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