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Son of William John and Albina (nee Bellefeuille) Legroulx, of Alexandria, Ontario. Brother of Lawrence, Beatrice, Rheal, Raymond, Aurele, Lucille, Leona and Lillian.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Claude Oscar Legroulx
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Claude Oscar Legroulx
Sergeant CLAUDE OSCAR LEGROULX was listed as previously reported missing now reported killed on active service in Canada in this excerpt from the the RCAF 647th casualty list of the war. Warrant Officer Class I ALLAN LLISTER MACLEOD, and Sergeant JOSEPH MAURICE CLAUDE L'HEUREUX of the Royal Canadian Air Force and Pilot Officer EDWARD SMITH and Pilot Officer RONALD JAMES PARR, of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve whose names also appear on this list, perished along with Sergeant Legroulx, presumably when their aircraft crashed at Mabou Mountain, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Source: Globe and Mail August 7, 1943.
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Grave Marker for Claude O. Legroulx Erected in Sacre Coeur Parish Cemetery, Alexandria, Ontario
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Sergeant CLAUDE OSCAR LEGROULX was listed as previously reported missing now reported killed on active service in Canada in this excerpt from the the RCAF 647th casualty list of the war. Warrant Officer Class I ALLAN LLISTER MACLEOD, and Sergeant JOSEPH MAURICE CLAUDE L'HEUREUX of the Royal Canadian Air Force and Pilot Officer EDWARD SMITH and Pilot Officer RONALD JAMES PARR, of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve whose names also appear on this list, perished along with Sergeant Legroulx, presumably when their aircraft crashed at Mabou Mountain, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Source: Globe and Mail August 7, 1943.
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Inscription to the memory of Sergeant Claude Oscar Legroulx on the family grave marker in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Alexandria, Ontario
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 181 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ALEXANDRIA (SACRED HEART) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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