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Soldat Georges Bruneau

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Baptized Joseph-Georges-Philippe Bruneau. Son of Philippe Bruneau (deceased in 1908) and Hosanna Rousseau, of Montréal, Québec.

Georges married Marie-Louise Filion in 1901 and she died in 1902, two weeks after giving birth to a son, Lucien Bruneau. Georges never remarried.

Enlisted in Montreal, Quebec, with the 57th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 722, on 22 August 1915, he enlisted a second time in Montreal with the 69th Battalion on the following 4 September, regimental number 120722. He arrived in Plymouth, England, on 27 April 1916. On 27 September of that year, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and sent to France on the 28th. He fought at Bully-Grenay, Angres and in the Bertonval-Souchez trenches. He was killed in action on 9 April 1917 on Vimy Ridge in the area of the Souchez and Scarpe rivers.

LICHFIELD CRATER THELUS Pas de Calais, France

Lichfield Crater is a small cemetery situated by the hedge of the motorway A26 (Paris-Calais) behind the village of Neuville St Vaast. On entering Neuville St Vaast follow the directions for the Vimy Canadian Memorial and take the third road on the right toward the wood, go over the motorway and take the first right towards the fields. The cemetery lies in a field approximately 450 metres from the crossroads.

Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).

 

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