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Eusèbe Loiseau

In memory of:

Private Eusèbe Loiseau

June 29, 1916
Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France

Military Service

Service Number:

62137

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 10, 1884
Montréal (La Nativité), Quebec

Enlistment:

January 12, 1915
St-Jean, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Léandre-Eusèbe Loiseau. Son of Eusèbe Loiseau (deceased in 1914) and Marie-Louise Masson, of Montréal, Québec. He had declared to be born in 1885 when he enlisted.

Seriously wounded in the leg in the St. Eloi trenches at Ypres, he was evacuated on June 12th, 1916 to No. 8 Stationary Hospital at Wimereux. He died of his wounds there two weeks later.

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:

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. N. 13.

Location:

Wimereux is a small town situated about 5 kilometres north of Boulogne. From Boulogne take the A16 to Calais and come off at Junction 4. Take the road to Wimereux north, D242, for approximately 2 kilometres, following the road through the roundabout. Take the first turn on the left immediately after the roundabout and the WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies approximately 200 metres down this road on the left hand side. The Commonwealth War Graves are situated to the rear of the communal cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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