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Louis Augustin Marie Cauchy

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Louis Augustin Marie Cauchy

June 28, 1942
Woudenberg, Utrecth, Netherlands

Military Service

Service Number:

R/55408

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

150 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar, operational wings.

Additional Information

Born:

February 11, 1922
Levis, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 8, 1940
Quebec, Quebec

Son of Charles Achille Cauchy and Marie Paule Germaine Blouin of Levis, Quebec.

Was an army reservist – NPAM – for two years, then signalman with the 59th Heavy Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery from 1938 to 1939 in Petawawa, Ontario, and in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 693 days of service, including 309 overseas

Commemorated on Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AMERSFOORT (OLD LEUSDEN) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 45.

Location:

Amersfoort is a town lying 50 kilometres south-east of Amsterdam, and 22 kilometres north-east of Utrecht. The Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery is about 2.5 kilometres from the railway station, in an area known as Oud Leusden. The graves are in a special plot, well sited among trees.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Louis Augustin Marie Cauchy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Louis Augustin Marie Cauchy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Louis Augustin Marie Cauchy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Louis Augustin Marie Cauchy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of LOUIS AUGUSTIN MARIE CAUCHY– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of LOUIS AUGUSTIN MARIE CAUCHY – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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