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Pierre Contant
In memory of:
Private Pierre Contant
June 3, 1916
Saint-Éloi, Ypres, Belgium
Military Service
61563
21
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
April 14, 1895
Montréal (St-Henri), Quebec
October 22, 1914
Montréal, Quebec
Baptized Joseph-Étienne-Pierre Contant. Son of Dosithée Contant and Émélie Bégin (deceased in 1895). Émélie died two days after giving birth, the same day of his son’s baptism. His father remarried five years later to Malvina-Clothilde « alias Ida » Anctil and the family lived in Montréal.
Commemorated on Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY
Belgium
III. C. 9.
ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, on the Kemmelseweg, a road connecting Ieper to Kemmel (N331). From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 m after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg. (Made prominent by a railway level crossing). The ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY lies 4 Km along the Kemmelseweg on the right hand side of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper clipping – La Presse - 12 June 1916
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