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CWM 19920166-3366
CWM 19920166-3366

Lance Sergeant

Vachon, Joseph Alexander

Unit

8th Canadian Infantry Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles)

Branch

Infantry

Service Component

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Service Number

81905

birth

1882/08/27

Inverness, County Meganite, Quebec, Canada

death

1915/12/31

Belgium

grave

Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium

Gender

Male

Joseph Alexander Vachon was born in Inverness, Quebec, on 22 August 1882.

A farmer, Vachon enlisted in the th Canadian Infantry Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 21 December 1914. He had previously served in the Royal Canadian Regiment.

Vachon was shot and killed on the night of 31 December 1915, while going out to a listening post forward of the 8th Battalion’s trenches.

Joseph Alexander Vachon was buried in the Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery, in Belgium. In 1930, all the graves from that cemetery were moved to Berks Cemetery Extension, in Belgium.

The Canadian War Museum’s Collection includes the following artifacts for this recipient