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Military service
Service number:
416036
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
July 30, 1892
Québec (St-Sauveur), Québec
Enlistment:
February 9, 1915
Québec, Québec
Death:
September 15, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. D. 5.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Émile-Richard Beaulieu. Son of Joseph Beaulieu and Marie Pauline (aka Appoline) Rhéaume (deceased 1911). His father remarried in 1914 to Georgiana Auclair (widow if Joseph Letellier). Émile stated being born on 9 August 1894 when he enlisted.
He was killed in action on 15 September 1916 on the first day of the Battle of Courcelette, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Émile Beaulieu
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Pierre tombale
Grave marker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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