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Joseph Dufresne

In memory of:

Private Joseph Dufresne

January 8, 1917
Angres, Lens, France

Military Service

Service Number:

120804

Age:

46

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 24, 1870
Montréal (Notre-Dame), Quebec

Enlistment:

September 17, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Léon Dufresne. Son of Léon-Gabriel Dufresne (deceased in 1908) and Sarah-Jane Daly, of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born on the 23rd when he enlisted.

Joseph was father of a son, widower of Élia Sicard since 1898 and never remarried.

Commemorated on Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

L. 11.

Location:

Aix-Noulette lies about 16 kilometres north of Arras about 2 kilometres south-west of Bully-les-Mines on the road from Arras to Bethune. TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 217 of 1062.

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    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 217 of 1062.
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