Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Léon Cyr
In memory of:
Private Léon Cyr
August 15, 1918
Montréal, Quebec
Military Service
61104
32
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
June 8, 1886
Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec
October 23, 1914
Montréal, Quebec
Son of Gédéon Cyr and Malvina Gauthier (deceased in 1919), of Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville; he married Parmélia Houle, of Montréal, in 1907. He stated being born in 1887 when he enlisted.
Léon was seriously wounded to a leg and arm in May 1917 and he was evacuated in England. After five months in hospital, he was still frail and he was diagnosed with an acute endocarditis. Medically unfit, he was repatriated in May 1918 and was hospitalized in a military long-term care facility in Montréal. He died there of pneumonia two months later.
Commemorated on Page 393 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
STE. THERESE DE BLAINVILLE R. C. CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada
N/A
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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