Private Auguste Biron
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1881-12-28
Place of birth: Sherbrooke Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Fred Biron, Fisdale, Massachusetts, USA
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Laborer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1916-10-02
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 417668
Highest Rank:
Private
(22nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 22nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: attack on Regina Trench
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1565297
LAC ID:
44807
Service file: B0752-S006
Uploader's Notes: Son of the late Alfred Biron, of Fiskdale, Massachusetts, U.S.A. CEF Burial Registers - Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action. From information available, this soldier, who belonged to a machine gun section, was hit in the forehead by a bullet from the rifle of an enemy sniper and instantly killed, during the attack on Regina Trench.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 22nd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2018-06-30