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Joseph Arsene Roch Tancrede Auclair

In memory of:

Sergeant Joseph Arsene Roch Tancrede Auclair

January 29, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/117869

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Born:

August 20, 1920
St. Hilaire, Quebec

Enlistment:

July 16, 1941
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Arsene Auclair and Maria Lapointe. Brother of Gunner Jean Jacques Auclair who was killed in action on August 8, 1944, while serving with the Royal Canadian Artillery.

Commemorated on Page 133 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

PERSHORE CEMETERY
Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot Q. Grave 383.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Sergeant Joseph Arsene Roch Tancrede Auclair is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Joseph Arsene Roch Tancrede Auclair is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation Paper– 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 Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker
  • Photo of Roch Auclair– Sgt. Roch Auclair

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