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Baptized Eustache-Rosario Gingras. Son of Amédée Gingras and Onésime Loiselle, of Montréal, Québec.
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel from Folkestone and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on the same day. He was killed in action on April 17, 1916, in the craters of Saint-Éloi, Ypres, Belgium.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Rosaire Gingras
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Sergeant Rosaire Gingras
La Presse - 26 April 1916
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Rosaire Gingras
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Rosaire Gingras
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La Presse - 26 April 1916
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From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 92 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY Belgium
ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, on the Kemmelseweg, a road connecting Ieper to Kemmel (N331).
From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 m after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg. (Made prominent by a railway level crossing).
The ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY lies 4 Km along the Kemmelseweg on the right hand side of the road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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