Date de naissance: 19/04/1890

Lieu de naissance: Zelma, Saskatchewan, Canada

Profession: Agriculteur

Pays: Canada

Force armée: Canadian Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Numéro de service: 474199

Incorporation date: 21/03/1916

Incorporation nom de lieu: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Unités:  —  Canadian Infantry, 46th Bn. (South Saskatchewan)  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 26/10/1917

Lieu de décès: East of Deck Wood, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 27

Pte. Joseph Broughton was part of the 46th Battalion Canadian Infantry, 10th Canadian Brigade, 4th Canadian Division. On 26 October he took part in the Second Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres – Battle of Passchendaele). The 10th Canadian Brigade attacked with the 46th Battalion Canadian Infantry north of the Ypres Roulers Railway. The jumping off line was situated in the line Heine House, Hillside Farm and Ypres Roulers Railway. They consolidated most of their objective under heave enemy shelling, including mopping up Decline Copse. The 46th battalion was eventually driven back due to German counter attacks and established a new frontline closer to their jumping off line. Of the 420 men of the 46th Battalion who were on the start line at zero hour, around 70% became casualties. Joseph Broughton was presumably killed in the area east of Deck Wood, where his body was found at D.12.c. He was re-interred at Buttes New British Cemetery where he has his final resting place.

Circumstances of death http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=pf868q7td101us1usidkvu8pl1&sqn=334&q2=28&q3=2268&tt=1127 Sources utilisées

CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480134/BROUGHTON,%20J Sources utilisées

Passchendaele, the Day-by-Day account, McCarthy C., pp 126-128 Sources utilisées

Service Record http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=66898 Sources utilisées

The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources utilisées

War Diary 46th Battalion Canadian Infantry 1917 http://data4.collectionscanada.gc.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=46th+battalion&s13=&s12=1917&l=20&s9=RG9&s7=9-52&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect4=AND&Sect5=WARDPEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=FIND&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2Farchivianet%2F02015202_e.html&r=0&f=S Sources utilisées