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Edgar Houle

In memory of:

Private Edgar Houle

November 16, 1918
Camiers, France

Military Service


Service Number:

3031789

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

August 27, 1896
St-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Quebec

Enlistment:

January 3, 1916
Toronto, Ontario

Baptized Joseph-Edmond-Edgar Houle. Son of Alcide Houle and Alma Bibeau, of St-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec. He stated being born on the 28th when he enlisted.

Severely wounded from shrapnel in the left thigh during the assault on the village of Élouges, on 7 November 1918, he was evacuated to No 8 General Hospital in Camiers where he died of his wounds.

Commemorated on Page 431 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

L. C. 23.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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