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Joseph Bellemare

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Joseph Bellemare

September 21, 1918
Drocourt-Quéant Line, France

Military Service

Service Number:

672564

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information

Born:

March 9, 1892
Ste-Flore, Mauricie, Quebec

Enlistment:

April 25, 1916
Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Adélard Bellemare. He stated being born on 28 March 1891 when he enlisted. Son of Adélard Bellemare and Clarisse Daneau (deceased in 1893). His father remarried to Marguerite Lacroix in 1896 and they moved to La Tuque, Mauricie, Québec.

After taking part in the capture of Regina Trench in mid-September 1918, he was wounded in action on 20 September in the Drocourt-Quéant Line area, Pas-de-Calais, France. He died of these wounds on the 22nd at the 23rd Canadian Clearing Station.

Commemorated on Page 367 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. H. 25.

Location:

Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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 273 of 670.

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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 273 of 670.
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