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Military service
Service number:
636507
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
April 13, 1895
Death:
June 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Napoleon and Cordelia Rocheleau, of Bay St., Trenton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Rocheleau
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Photo of William Rocheleau
William Rocheleau enlisted in Belleville, Ontario on January 31, 1916; killed in action June 26,1917. -
Photo of William Rocheleau and Parents
William Rocheleau with his father Napoleon and his mother Cordelia. Taken in early 1916 at their home on Bay St., Trenton Ont. -
Photo of Pearl Foster
William Rocheleau's girl friend Pearl Foster, of Belleville, Ontario. Both photos were taken at the same place before he left for overseas. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private William Rocheleau
Digital gallery of
Private William Rocheleau
Digital gallery of
Private William Rocheleau
Digital gallery of
Private William Rocheleau
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 318 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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