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Gerard Desjardins

In memory of:

Private Gerard Desjardins

September 28, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

D/710058

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Le Regiment de Hull, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Born:

February 17, 1921
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

March 21, 1942
Sherbrooke, Quebec

Son of Cyprien and Armandine Desjardins, of Montreal, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 153 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FORT RICHARDSON POST CEMETERY
Alaska, United States of America

Grave Reference:

Plot Z. Grave 229.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of original Graves– A photograph of the cemetary on Kiska Island with the four Canadian casualties. Eventually the remains of Private Gaston Boisclair, Private Gerard Desjardins, Private Peter Poshtar and Lieuntenant Sidney Vessey were later reburied in the Fort Richardson Cemetery in Alaska.

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    Photo of original Graves
    Photo of original Graves – A photograph of the cemetary on Kiska Island with the four Canadian casualties. Eventually the remains of Private Gaston Boisclair, Private Gerard Desjardins, Private Peter Poshtar and Lieuntenant Sidney Vessey were later reburied in the Fort Richardson Cemetery in Alaska.

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