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Edward John Gadbois

In memory of:

Private Edward John Gadbois

April 2, 1918
Mercatel, France

Military Service


Service Number:

457718

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 24, 1884
Malone, New York

Enlistment:

June 30, 1915
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Alfred Gadbois and Alice Riopel (deceased in 1901). His father remarried to Rose Gagnon in 1902 and died in 1911.

He declared his brother Wilfred (“Fred”) and his sister (Ms. Fred St. John), of Holyoke, Massachusetts, as his next of kin.

Commemorated on Page 411 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 16.

Location:

Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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