Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Adélard Burelle

In memory of:

Private Adélard Burelle

January 1, 1918
Étaples, France

Military Service

Service Number:

120885

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 16, 1890
Beloeil, Verchères, Quebec

Enlistment:

September 28, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Adélard Burel. Son of Eustache Burel and Marie Jeannotte, of Beloeil, Verchères, Québec. The last name “Burel” evolved to “Burelle” with time. Adélard stated being born on 15 April when he enlisted.

Severely wounded by a piece of shrapnel to his right side on 8 November 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium, he was evacuated to Casualty clearing station n° 3 in Grévillers, France. After two weeks, he was transferred to Hospital General n° 26 in Étaples, in the Pas-de-Calais, where he stayed over one month, before he died of his wounds.

Commemorated on Page 377 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XXXI. E. 6A.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 73 of 926.

    Details

    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 73 of 926.
  • Grave marker

    Details

    Grave marker
    Grave marker
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - 9 January 1918

    Details

    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – La Presse - 9 January 1918

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: