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.
