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Military service
Service number:
61358
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
September 22, 1892
Montréal (Mile-End), Québec
Enlistment:
January 7, 1915
St-Jean, Québec
Death:
December 22, 1916
Saint-Éloi, Ypres, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 25.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Ferdinand-George-Émile Plessis-dit-Bélair. Son of Ferdinand Plessis-dit-Bélair (deceased in 1909) and Adéline (aka Alphonsine) Bachand, of Montréal, Québec. He was stretcher-bearer when he died and was attached to the 1st tunnelling company.
Additional citations
Mentioned in despatch (MID) (London Gazette n° 29890 4 January 1917), 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Émile Bélair
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Grave marker
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Grave marker
Grave marker -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 20 January 1917
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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