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Military service
Service number:
D/121424
Age:
24
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
14th Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
8th Recce. Regt.
Birth:
June 30, 1920
Sherbrooke, Québec
Enlistment:
June 20, 1941
Montreal, Québec
Death:
October 18, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. K. 14.
Additional information
Son of Rosario and Catherine Fortier, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Digital gallery of Trooper Emile Camille Fortier
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Trooper Emile Camille Fortier
Digital gallery of
Trooper Emile Camille Fortier
Digital gallery of
Trooper Emile Camille Fortier
Digital gallery of
Trooper Emile Camille Fortier
Digital gallery of
Trooper Emile Camille Fortier
Digital gallery of
Trooper Emile Camille Fortier
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 307 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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