Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Joseph Blais
In memory of:
Private Joseph Blais
May 4, 1918
Military Service
856142
26
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Additional Information
February 15, 1892
Lowell, Massachusetts
March 16, 1916
Victoriaville, Quebec
Baptized Joseph-Alphonse Blais. Son of Amédée « Midas » Blais and Anna Drapeau (deceased in 1894).
His father remarried to Olivine Brochu in 1895 and lived in Ste-Élisabeth-de-Warwick, Arthabaska, Québec.
From the 150th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on 27 February 1918 and fought at Neuville-Vitasse, Pas-de-Calais, France, where he was killed in action on 14 March.
Commemorated on Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
II. F. 12.
Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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