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Military service
Service number:
47808
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
July 26, 1887
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
May 29, 1915
Niagara Camp, Ontario
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of François and Marguerite Bélanger (née Beauchamp). He married Juliette Cyr on November 22, 1910 at St-Jacques-le-Majeur Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private François Xavier Eugène Bélanger
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 637 of 724. -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn CEF - submitted by Captain (retired) V goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Flashes 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge of the 17th Bn (Nova Scotia) CEF. Private Belanger was originally in the 17th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
"The Hill 70 memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Benifontaine, was unveiled and dedicated on 22 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, which was on the extreme left flank of the Canadian assault on Hill 70, on 15 August 1917 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits on what was then known as Bois Hugo, which the Battalion assaulted, captured and held against repeated German counterattacks." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 1st September 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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Private François Xavier Eugène Bélanger
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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