Informations sur naissance

Date de naissance:
19/04/1890
Lieu de naissance:
Zelma, Saskatchewan, Canada

Informations générales

Profession:
Agriculteur

Informations service militaire

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)

Informations sur décès

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

Cimetière

Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Parcelle: IV
Rangée: C
Tombe: 18

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Mon histoire

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.

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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
McCarthy C., The Third Ypres Passchendaele, the Day-by-Day account, (London, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018), pp 126-128.
Sources utilisées
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1116 - 46).
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx
Sources utilisées
War Diairies: 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4939, Microfilm reel number: T-10745--T-10746, File number: 437).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng
Sources utilisées