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Digital gallery of Sergeant Jean Paul Desrosiers
Image gallery
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Picture of my grandfather in the armed force
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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My grandfather Sergeant Jean-Paul Desrosiers on the right, with his friend Sergeant Oscar Francis Picard on the left.
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My grandmother Yvette Gosselin, with my grandfather Jean-Paul Desrosiers.
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My grandfather was promoted to Sergeant on June 12, 1941, and was confirmed Sergeant on December 1, 1941.
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My grandfather Sergeant Jean-Paul Desrosiers, 31 years old (right), with his friend Sergeant Oscar Francis Picard, 21 years old (left).
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My grandfather's children, from left to right. The youngest is my mother Réjeanne (3 years old) in 1942, followed by my aunt Lucille, followed by my aunt Madeleine and my uncle Yvon.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (HAUTOT-SUR-MER) Seine-Maritime, France
From the centre of Dieppe take the Avenue Gambetta and Avenue des Canadiens. Head along the N27 out of Dieppe in the direction of Rouen until the first roundabout where there is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission sign. Go across the roundabout and continue until you reach a second roundabout. Take the first turning right where there is another CWGC sign. Continue until Chemin des Jonquilles, a road on the left. The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery is on the right of this road and is clearly visible.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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