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Private Émile Bélair

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Military service

Service number: 61358
Age: 24
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: September 22, 1892 Montréal (Mile-End), Québec
Enlistment: January 7, 1915 St-Jean, Québec
Death: December 22, 1916 Saint-Éloi, Ypres, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: II. D. 25.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Ferdinand-George-Émile Plessis-dit-Bélair. Son of Ferdinand Plessis-dit-Bélair (deceased in 1909) and Adéline (aka Alphonsine) Bachand, of Montréal, Québec. He was stretcher-bearer when he died and was attached to the 1st tunnelling company.
Additional citations

Mentioned in despatch (MID) (London Gazette n° 29890 4 January 1917), 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium

LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY is located 8 Km west of Ieper town centre on the N304 Klijtseweg, a road leading from the N375 Dikkebuseweg, connecting Ieper to Dikkebus, Klijte and on to Loker.

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.

7 Km along the Dikkebuseweg lies the village of Klijte and the right hand turning at the roundabout just before the village leads onto the N304 Klijtseweg. LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY lies 100 metres after this right hand turning on the left hand side of the road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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