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Omer Tourangeau

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Omer Tourangeau

April 14, 1917
Vimy, France

Military Service


Service Number:

417286

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

January 10, 1890
St-Lin-des-Laurentides, Quebec

Enlistment:

May 15, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Hormisdas Tourangeau and Octavie Gariépy, of Montréal, Québec. Husband of Laurenza Meilleur, of Montréal.

Commemorated on Page 340 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. A. 5.

Location:

Lievin is a small town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3.5 kilometres west of Lens. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-west side of the town on the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Omer Tourangeau
  • Grave marker–  
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - 2 May 1917
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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