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Son of Cyriac and Mary Madeleine Gallant, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
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Gunner Joseph Gallant
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Gunner Joseph Gallant
Joseph Alfred Gallant (Freddy) was Joseph's older brother.
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Gunner Joseph Gallant
Photo of J. Henry, Joseph, and J. Alfred.
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Gunner Joseph Gallant
Two brothers that served overseas - Joseph on the right and
pictured to his left is Henry.
Joseph was the youngest of nine children. He had two sisters, Agnes and Josie and six brothers. His mother who was very religious named all her boys after St. Joseph. Joseph Theadore "Ted",Joseph Francis "Frank"
who served in the R C A Medical Core, Joseph Phillip "Phill",Joseph Alfred "Freddy", who was wounded in action in Italy, Joseph "Henry",who served overseas as well and Joseph "Ivan". None of them used Joseph as an everyday name, so to ensure one did when Joseph was born he wasn't given a second name. But since he was the youngest,most called him "Baby" at first, then "Wee Wee", and then "Bomber" in his
adolescent years.
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Gunner Joseph Gallant
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Joseph Alfred Gallant (Freddy) was Joseph's older brother.
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Photo of J. Henry, Joseph, and J. Alfred.
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Two brothers that served overseas - Joseph on the right and pictured to his left is Henry. Joseph was the youngest of nine children. He had two sisters, Agnes and Josie and six brothers. His mother who was very religious named all her boys after St. Joseph. Joseph Theadore "Ted",Joseph Francis "Frank" who served in the R C A Medical Core, Joseph Phillip "Phill",Joseph Alfred "Freddy", who was wounded in action in Italy, Joseph "Henry",who served overseas as well and Joseph "Ivan". None of them used Joseph as an everyday name, so to ensure one did when Joseph was born he wasn't given a second name. But since he was the youngest,most called him "Baby" at first, then "Wee Wee", and then "Bomber" in his adolescent years.
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From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Page 311 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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