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Roch Gagnon

In memory of:

Private Roch Gagnon

November 9, 1917
Passchendaele, Belgium

Military Service

Service Number:

448749

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 11, 1890
St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, L’Islet, Quebec

Enlistment:

December 7, 1915
Québec, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Roch-Amédée Gagnon. Son of Joseph Gagnon-dit-Belzile (deceased in 1898) and Adéline Martin (remarried in 1899 to Émile Dubé and deceased in 1915), of St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, and of Greenville, New Hampshire. Roch was married to Clara Mailhot, of Salmon Falls, New Hampshire, and he was father of a son.

Commemorated on Page 241 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

XII. B. 23.

Location:

DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is located 7 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Zonnebekestraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332), connecting Ieper to Zonnebeke. Two roads connect Ieper town centre onto the Zonnebeekseweg. The Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto a small roundabout, at the roundabout the first right turn is Basculestraat. At the end of Basculestraat there is a cross roads and Zonnebeekseweg is the turning to the left. 7 Km along the Zonnebeekseweg in the village of Zonnebeke, lies the left hand turning onto the Langemarkstraat, (further on this street name changes to Zonnebekestraat). The DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY lies 1.5 Km along this road on the left hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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