Private Joseph Lagacé
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1883-05-15
Place of birth: Gaspe Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Ben Legassie (father,) Gaspe, Quebec
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Sailor
Address:
Collingwood, Ontario
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-04-04
Cause of death:
Accident
Buried:
Ecoivres Military Cemetery, VI. A. 9.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 642701
Highest Rank:
Private
(1st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 1st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1915-12-30 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: While in the trenches near Vimy Ridge on the morning of April 4th, 1917, he was killed by the accidental explosion of a bomb.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 65628
LAC ID:
509064
Service file: B5306-S119
Uploader's Notes:
Brother of Ben Legassie, of Sudbury, Ontario.
AKA Joseph Legassie (Attestation Paper and Circumstances of Casualty form) or Joseph Lagacé (used above) / Legasse (LAC Index)
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 157th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion ]
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 157th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-29