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Ulric Giroux

In memory of:

Private Ulric Giroux

May 4, 1918
Neuville-Vitasse Area, France

Military Service


Service Number:

61941

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

February 23, 1889
Québec (St-Sauveur), Quebec

Enlistment:

November 2, 1914
Québec, Quebec

Son of Pierre-Édouard Giroux (deceased in 1902) and Delphine Richard (deceased in 1905), of Québec.

He stated being born on 24 February 1889 when he enlisted and he named his brother Edmond, from Québec, as next-of-kin and legal heir.

Commemorated on Page 415 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. E. 11.

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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  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse 30 May 1918
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