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Napoleon Lapointe

In memory of:

Private Napoleon Lapointe

May 18, 1916
Saint-Éloi, Ypres, Belgium

Military Service


Service Number:

62106

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 17, 1885
Lachute, Outaouais, Quebec

Enlistment:

December 4, 1914
St-Jean, Quebec

Son of Joseph Godard-dit-Lapointe (deceased in 1899) and Philomène Papineau (remarried in 1906 to Michel Audet-dit-Lapointe), of Montréal (St-Henri), Québec.

Commemorated on Page 116 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

III. C. 7.

Location:

ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, on the Kemmelseweg, a road connecting Ieper to Kemmel (N331). From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 m after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg. (Made prominent by a railway level crossing). The ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY lies 4 Km along the Kemmelseweg on the right hand side of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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