Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R.
145211 Pte. L. Greenwood
Leon Boisvert served under an alias, Leon Greenwood.
Leon was born in Saint-Jean-de-Deschaillons, Quebec on 7th March 1892. He attested into the 77th Battalion at Cornwall, Ontario on 27th August 1915. On 18 NOvember 1916 he was part of a machine gun crew and took part in an attack nr. Courcelette, France. He was severely wounded by bayonet in the right hip and rectum and died of his wounds the same day at the CCS.
Leon is buried in the Warlon-Bouillon Communal Cemetery, France. His NOK was his mother, Mrs Eveline Boisvert (Greenwood) of 108 Hannover St. Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Good very fine in case with awad slip, inscribed on the rear ""From Grand Ma to Mary A Booth is My request please".