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Baptized Joseph-Théodore-Marenger Gagné. Son of Jean-Baptiste Gagné (deceased in 1919) and Tharsile Brunet (deceased in 1918), of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born on 14 April 1881 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 57th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he left for Great Britain on June 2, 1916, arriving in Liverpool, England, on the 8th. Upon arrival, he was assigned to the 69th Reserve Battalion before being transferred to the 22nd Battalion on September 27, 1916. On the 29th, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, that same day. On October 16, he joined his new unit in combat at Bully-Grenay, Pas-de-Calais. He was killed in action on April 24, 1917, during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in the Souchez and Scarpe River sector.
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Page 241 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915.
Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.
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