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On May 21st, 1916, in the trenches of St. Eloi, Ypres, Belgium, he was seriously wounded by a shrapnel wound to the leg and evacuated immediately to France to the No. 2 Stationary Hospital in Boulogne. After two weeks he was deemed sufficiently stabilized to be transferred to England and on June 5th he was admitted to Graylingwell War Hospital in Chichester, Sussex. Unfortunately, two hours after admission he was struck with a severe hemorrhage and died nine hours later.
Digital gallery of Private Émile Leblanc
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Leblanc
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Leblanc
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Leblanc
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Leblanc
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHICHESTER CEMETERY Sussex, United Kingdom
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