Military service
Service number:
41294
Age:
25
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
October 26, 1918
Camperville, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 26, 1940
Dauphin, Manitoba
Death:
June 8, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. B. 4.
Additional information
Son of Cyprien and Veronique Chartrand, of Camperville, Manitoba. Brother of Lance Sergeant Lawrence Chartrand, who died on the same day June 8, 1944 while fighting with the Royal Winnipeg Riffles.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Louis Chartrand
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Photo of Louis Chartrand
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Epitaph
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Memorial
Rifleman Louis Chartrand is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Chartrand
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Chartrand
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Chartrand
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Chartrand
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Chartrand
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Chartrand
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Chartrand
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Chartrand
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 272 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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