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Private Émile Beaulieu

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Military service

Service number: 416036
Age: 24
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: July 30, 1892 Québec (St-Sauveur)
Enlistment: February 9, 1915
Death: September 15, 1916 Courcelette, France

Burial/memorial information

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave reference: XII. D. 5.
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Baptized Joseph-Émile-Richard Beaulieu. Son of Joseph Beaulieu and Marie Pauline (aka Appoline) Rhéaume (deceased 1911). His father remarried in 1914 to Georgiana Auclair (widow if Joseph Letellier). Émile stated being born on 9 August 1894 when he enlisted.

He was killed in action on 15 September 1916 on the first day of the Battle of Courcelette, Pas-de-Calais, France.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

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Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France

Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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