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Albert Asselin

In memory of:

Private Albert Asselin

July 22, 1918
Bramshott, England

Military Service


Service Number:

847658

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

10th Reserve Bn

Citation(s):

1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Additional Information


Born:

August 31, 1887
St-Félix-de-Valois, Joliette, Quebec

Enlistment:

March 22, 1916
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Louis-Joseph-Albert Asselin. Son of Thadée Asselin and Henriette-dite-Élisabeth Robert. Husband of Eulalie Sarrasin, of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born in 1888 when he enlisted.

Private Asselin was evacuated to the 22nd Battalion due to an appendicitis and was kept in England. He died of tetanus (lockjaw) Canadian General Hospital n° 12, in Bramshott, nine days after he wounded his hand on barb wire.

Commemorated on Page 361 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

B. 6.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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