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Joseph Victor Retelle

In memory of:

Private Joseph Victor Retelle

September 27, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

177205

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

87th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 3, 1893
Montréal, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 21, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Adolphe and Sophie Ratelle (née Bergeron) of Montreal, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 490 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII. F. 16 Buried near this spot.

Location:

Buissy is a village about 20 kilometres south-east of Arras and a little south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres south-west of Buissy on the north-west side of the road to the village of Queant.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - August 31st 1916
  • Photo of Joseph Retelle– In memory of those who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project,
Operation: Picture Me.
  • Canadian Grenadiar Guards Memorial Book– In memory of those who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project,
Operation: Picture Me.

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