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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 2, 1921
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
August 28, 1941
Quebec City, Québec
Death:
June 7, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VA. G. 8.
Additional information
Son of J. M. A. L. and Gabrielle Fafard Rousseau, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Brother of Lieutenant Joseph Maurice Rousseau, who died during service with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau
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Photo of Joseph Philippe Rousseau
This photo of Lieut Rousseau was taken with his brother Lieut JM Rousseau in England in 1944. Both were KIA with 1 Canadian Parachute Bn. -
Grave marker
J.P. Rousseau's grave stone at Ranville Cemetery, France. -
Photo of Joseph Philippe Rousseau
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Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2803 Lt Joseph Philippe Rousseau (RMC 1940) was the son of J. M. A. L. and Gabrielle Fafard Rousseau, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on June 7, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2803 Lt Joseph Philippe Rousseau (RMC 1940) was the son of J. M. A. L. and Gabrielle Fafard Rousseau, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on June 7, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2803 Lt Joseph Philippe Rousseau (RMC 1940) was the son of J. M. A. L. and Gabrielle Fafard Rousseau, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.He served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He died on June 7, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Ranville War Cemetery in Calvados, France. -
Memorial Stair
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He is remembered as cadet # 2803 (1940) at the Royal Military College of Canada on the WWII Memorial, in stained glass windows, and on the Memorial stairwell. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C. He is remembered as cadet # 2803 (1940) at the Royal Military College of Canada on the WWII Memorial, in stained glass windows, and on the Memorial stairwell. -
Memorial
Honour Roll, Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada -
Memorial Stained Glass
Memorial stained glass window, Yeo Hall, Royal Military College of Canada -
Group Photo
Lieutenants Joseph Philippe Rousseau (left) and Joseph Maurice Rousseau, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, at a transit camp near Down Ampney, England, 13 February 1944. Both officers were later killed in action, Philippe on 7 June 1944 and Maurice on 20 September 1944. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Rousseau
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 433 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.
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