Military service
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Enlisted in the 57th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in Plymouth, England, on 28 June, 1915. Initially transferred to the 23rd Battalion, he was later transferred to the 22nd Battalion on 30 November 1915. The next day he landed at Le Havre, Normandy, France. On 21 September 1916, he was shot in the hip and treated at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. From 14 February to 12 March 1917, he was on temporary loan to the 5th Canadian Machine Gun Company. Returning to the 22nd Battalion, he was killed in action in the Souchez and Scarpe River area during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Charest
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Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Charest
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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