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Military service
Service number:
E/38216
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Forestry Corps
Division:
2 Coy.
Birth:
February 17, 1917
Lac-au-Saumon, Québec
Enlistment:
August 27, 1940
Rimouski, Québec
Death:
October 29, 1942
Aberrdeen, Scotland
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
33. F. 3.
Additional information
Son of Philippe and Albertine Derasp, of St. Etienne de Restigouche, Bonaventure Co., Province of Quebec.
Brother of Sergeant Edmond Derasp, who was killed in action on July 27, 1943, while serving with the Royal 22e Regiment.
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Grave marker
His brother, Sergeant Edmond Derasp, served with the Royal 22e Regiment, R.C.I.C and died on July 27, 1943. He is buried in Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Italy -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Leopold Derasp
Digital gallery of
Private Leopold Derasp
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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