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Ferrier Labelle

In memory of:

Private Ferrier Labelle

October 24, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

416403

Age:

40

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 17, 1876
St-Placide, Deux-Montagnes, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 4, 1915
Montreal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Pierre-Ferrier Labelle.

Son of Théodore Labelle (deceased in 1903) and Euphrosine Fabre (deceased in 1906), of Montréal, Québec.

He stated being born in Montréal in 1875 when he enlisted.

In early October 1916 in Courcelette, during the Regina Trench Battle, he was severely wounded and evacuated to an hospital in Rouen. He died there of his wounds three weeks later.

Commemorated on Page 115 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION (ROUEN)
Seine-Maritime, France

Grave Reference:

O. I. C. 7.

Location:

The St. Sever Cemetery and Extension (Rouen) is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf. If travelling from Elbeuf or Caen on the N.138, follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the roundabout. Then take the fourth exit into Rue Stanislas De Jardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. The CWGC signpost is located at the entrance of the cemetery. The cemetery covers an area of 49,885 square metres. The War Stone is on the boundary of the original Cemetery and the Extension, facing the City of Rouen War Memorial. The Cross is raised on a terrace on the further side of the Extension. The Chapel, cruciform and surmounted by a dome, is in the middle of the Extension.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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