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Son of Cyprien and Armandine Desjardins, of Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private Gerard Desjardins
Digital gallery of
Private Gerard Desjardins
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A photograph of the cemetary on Kiska Island with the four Canadian casualties. Eventually the remains of Private Gaston Boisclair, Private Gerard Desjardins, Private Peter Poshtar and Lieuntenant Sidney Vessey were later reburied in the Fort Richardson Cemetery in Alaska.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 153 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FORT RICHARDSON POST CEMETERY Alaska, United States of America
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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