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Rosario Francoeur

In memory of:

Private Rosario Francoeur

October 4, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

120873

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

December 16, 1892
Montreal (Notre-Dame), Quebec

Enlistment:

September 25, 1915
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Zotique Francoeur and Augustina Cousineau, of Montréal and St-Martin-de-Laval, Île-Jésus, Québec.

His mother deceased in 1897, his father then remarried to Agnès Cantin in 1898 and he died in 1905.

He stated being born in St-Martin-de-Laval when he enlisted.

Commemorated on Page 88 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

X. A. 1.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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