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Digital gallery of Private Gaston Delbrouck
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Private Gaston Delbrouck
Gaston Delbrouck came to Canada from Belgium in 1904. He was working as a clerk in Manitoba when he enlisted in the Canadian Army in August 1915. Private Delbrouck served in France with the 13th Infantry Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was severely wounded on September 6, 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He died on September 11 and is buried in Rouen. Private Delbrouck was awarded the British War Medal and the British World War I Victory Medal.
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Private Gaston Delbrouck
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 529 of 1036.
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Gaston Delbrouck came to Canada from Belgium in 1904. He was working as a clerk in Manitoba when he enlisted in the Canadian Army in August 1915. Private Delbrouck served in France with the 13th Infantry Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was severely wounded on September 6, 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He died on September 11 and is buried in Rouen. Private Delbrouck was awarded the British War Medal and the British World War I Victory Medal.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 529 of 1036.
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Page 76 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France
The St. Sever Cemetery and Extension (Rouen) is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf. If travelling from Elbeuf or Caen on the N.138, follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the roundabout. Then take the fourth exit into Rue Stanislas De Jardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. The CWGC signpost is located at the entrance of the cemetery.
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