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Joseph Arthur Larivière

In memory of:

Private Joseph Arthur Larivière

January 13, 1917
Bruay, France

Military Service

Service Number:

889828

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 21, 1897
Cap-d’Espoir (L’Anse-du-Cap), Gaspésie, Quebec

Enlistment:

January 5, 1916
Cap-d’Espoir, Quebec

Son of Thomas Larivière and Marie Loisel, of Cap-d'Espoir. He had declared to be born in 1896 when he enlisted.

Fatally wounded in the front line trenches at Angres, he was evacuated to the Casualty Clearing Station No. 6 at Bruay and died there of his wounds.

Commemorated on Page 272 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. F. 9.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Joseph Arthur Larivière– The caption on this photo is incorrect. There was no Larivière in the 77th Battalion, nor was there any Arthur Larivière killed in action at Ypres. The details of his file give the right information on his case.

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    Photo of Joseph Arthur Larivière – The caption on this photo is incorrect. There was no Larivière in the 77th Battalion, nor was there any Arthur Larivière killed in action at Ypres. The details of his file give the right information on his case.
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  • Photo of Joseph Arthur Larivière– From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919.

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    Photo of Joseph Arthur Larivière – From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919.

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