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Donat Gélinas

In memory of:

Private Donat Gélinas

December 25, 1916
Angres, France

Military Service


Service Number:

417393

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 1, 1885
Trois-Rivières, Mauricie, Quebec

Enlistment:

July 10, 1915
Trois-Rivières, Mauricie, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Napoléon-Donat Gélinas. Son of Napoléon Gélinas and Alphonsine Giroux, of Trois-Rivières, Mauricie, Québec

Commemorated on Page 90 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

K. 11.

Location:

Aix-Noulette lies about 16 kilometres north of Arras about 2 kilometres south-west of Bully-les-Mines on the road from Arras to Bethune. TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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