Military service
Burial/memorial information
He was seriously injured in the thighs on April 27, 1917, near Vimy, France. He died of gas gangrene three weeks later at No.3 General Hospital in Boulogne, France.
On April 29, 1917, he lost his brother Albert (Service Number 847126), who died of illness during his military service in Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private Napoléon Salois
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Grave marker
Pierre tombale -
Circumstances of death registers
Circonstances de décès. -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - May 29, 1917 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Salois
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Salois
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Salois
Digital gallery of
Private Napoléon Salois
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 321 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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