Military service
Service number:
E/12099
Age:
23
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Le Regiment de la Chaudière, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 1, 1920
Causapscal, Québec
Enlistment:
July 22, 1940
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
June 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. H. 16.
Additional information
Son of Louis Gagnon.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Rosaire Gagnon
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Photo of ROSAIRE GAGNON
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Group Photo
On June 6, 1944, photographer Frank L. Dubervill captured a smiling Sgt. Rosaire Gagnon along with an equally cheerful German POW in front of the home now known as La Maison des Canadiens on Nan White Beach, Bernières-sur-Mer. Just seven days later Rosaire would be dead, killed in action on June 13th near Rots where his regiment was engaged in heavy fighting with the 12th SS Panzer Division 'Hitlerjugend'. He was 24 years old. -
Beny Sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Grave Marker
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Grave marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Rosaire Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Rosaire Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Rosaire Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Rosaire Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Rosaire Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Rosaire Gagnon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 311 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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