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Thomas Gagné

In memory of:

Private Thomas Gagné

May 25, 1918
Mercatel, France

Military Service


Service Number:

847287

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 3, 1896
Île d’Anticosti, Côte-Nord, Quebec

Enlistment:

February 1, 1916
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Thomas-Joseph-Zéphirin Gagné. Son of Zéphirin Gagné (deceased in 1902) and Elizabeth Osborn. He stated being born in 1898 when he enlisted and he named his sister Alberta « Bertha » (wife of Edward Gilmet), of Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, as next of kin.

Commemorated on Page 412 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. F. 10.

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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