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Émile Leblanc

In memory of:

Private Émile Leblanc

June 6, 1916
Chichester, Sussex, United Kingdom

Military Service


Service Number:

416599

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

January 12, 1884
Montréal (Ste-Brigide), Quebec

Enlistment:

March 5, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Son of André Leblanc (deceased in 1912) and Adélia Bélisle, of Montréal, Québec.

On May 21st, 1916, in the trenches of St. Eloi, Ypres, Belgium, he was seriously wounded by a shrapnel wound to the leg and evacuated immediately to France to the No. 2 Stationary Hospital in Boulogne. After two weeks he was deemed sufficiently stabilized to be transferred to England and on June 5th he was admitted to Graylingwell War Hospital in Chichester, Sussex. Unfortunately, two hours after admission he was struck with a severe hemorrhage and died nine hours later.

Commemorated on Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHICHESTER CEMETERY
Sussex, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

121. 27.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker–  
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - 8 June 1916
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - 11 July 1916
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker at Chichester Cemetery.
Image taken 11 June 2014 by Tom Tulloch.

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