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Private Narcisse Bousquet

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Military service

Service number: 61050
Age: 22
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: September 20, 1893 Iberville
Enlistment: March 2, 1915
Death: October 11, 1915 Scherpenberg, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: II. E. 2.
Additional information
Baptized Narcisse-Zéphirin-Donat Bousquet. Son of Narcisse Bousquet and Philomène Balthazar (deceased in 1899). His father remarried to Eugénie Bédard in 1902 and they lived in Iberville, Québec. While his battalion was in a rest area in Scherpenberg, in the Ypres sector, he was accidentally killed by another soldier who was cleaning his weapon.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 6 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WESTOUTRE CHURCHYARD EXTENSION Belgium

WESTOUTRE CHURCHYARD is located 11.5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the N375 Dikkebusseweg. From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg (N375) is located via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J.Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M.Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg.

10 Km along the Dikkebuseweg after passing through the villages of Dikkebus and Deklijte, lies the right hand turning onto the N315 Kemmelstraat. 2.5 Km along the N315 lies the village of Westoutre.(Now spelt Westouter).

The WESTOUTRE CHURCHYARD is located in the centre of the village and the Commission plot is located on the far right hand side of the cemetery after entering the site.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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