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Érol Georges Lizotte

In memory of:

Private Érol Georges Lizotte

April 30, 1916
Dickebush, Ypres, Belgium

Military Service

Service Number:

61150

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 11, 1890
Chambord, Lac St-Jean, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 24, 1914
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Oscar-Hérold Lizotte. Son of Emma Rocheleau (deceased in 1912) and Georges-Albert Lizotte (remarried to Eugénie Rocheleau in 1912), of Montréal, Québec.

He was attached to the brigade headquarters as a clerk and was killed instantly by a shell that came through the door and exploded in the dugout where he and several others had taken shelter during a bombardment.

Commemorated on Page 120 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

J. 31.

Location:

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, in the village of Dikkebus itself. ( * Dikkebus is the modern spelling of Dickebusch). From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg (N375), is reached via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J. Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M. Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg. On reaching the village of Dikkebus, the DICKEBUSH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located on the Kerkstraat, which is a small street turning left off the Dikkebusseweg. 200 metres along this street, and just beyond the village church lies the cemetery. This cemetery lies opposite Dickebusch New Military Extension.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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