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Joseph Raoul Real Gilles Desrochers

In memory of:

Flying Officer Joseph Raoul Real Gilles Desrochers

September 8, 1955
Cold Lake, Alberta

Military Service


Service Number:

216393

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

No. 3 All-Weather (Fighter) Operational Training Unit

Additional Information


Born:

April 21, 1934
St. Claire, Quebec

Enlistment:

September 9, 1953
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Armand and Lucienne (nee Fournier) Desrochers of Montreal, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 68 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

Grave 4109, Plot 3412, Section M

Location:

Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road. During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.

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