Military service
Burial/memorial information
He previously served with the Régiment du Saguenay from 26 June 1937 to 13 September 1939. Assigned to B Company of the Royal 22e Régiment, he took part in the Allied landings in Sicily on 10 July 1943. He arrived in Italy on 3 September and was killed in action on 9 October 1943 in the hills of Jelsi, Italy. He was buried on the 10th by the roadside in Gambatesa. He was exhumed and reburied at the Moro River Cemetery in Ortona, Italy. He had 1,487 days of service, including 1,400 days overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
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Sculpture
A modern sculpture, created by Armand Vaillancourt of Montréal, was erected near City Hall on 15 November 1959 by the Young Chamber of Commerce of Chicoutimi. It is dedicated to the citizens of Chicoutimi who died during the two Great World Wars and calls to mind the horrors of war, 201 Racine Street, Chicoutimi, Quebec. 1914-1918 AUBIN L. BOLDUC J.R. BOULIANNE C. BEAUHEMIER J.E. KANE R. CÔTÉ R. DALLAIRE E. DESBIENS J. DESMEULES A. DUBÉ J. DUBUC J. FORTIN A. GAGNON S. GIRARD J. GUAY P.E., D.S.O. LAROUCHE W. 1939-1945 À CET ENDROIT, EST ENFOUIE DE LA TERRE PRISE EN FRANCE EN 1953 SUR LA TOMBE D'UN GARS MORT AU FRONT EN 1944. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=3821 -
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Lance Corporal Charles Eusebe Boulianne.
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Lance Corporal Charles Eusèbe Boulianne
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Charles Eusèbe Boulianne
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 138 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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