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Rodolph Emelien Daoust

In memory of:

Private Rodolph Emelien Daoust

September 29, 1918
France

Military Service

Service Number:

256729

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

38th Battalion

Additional Information

Born:

December 24, 1893
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

October 15, 1917
Yorkton, Saskatchewan

Son of J.E. and Ellen Daoust, of Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Pte. D'aoust worked as a blacksmith and was also adept at auto repair. He was single at the time of enlistment.

Commemorated on Page 394 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 9.

Location:

Bourlon is a village approximately 6 kilometres west of Cambrai. It lies between the main Cambrai to Bapaume road (N30) and the Cambrai to Arras road (D939). The BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY is signposted from the centre of the village as is the Canadian Forces Memorial. On approaching the Memorial the road should be followed to the left where an unsurfaced track descends about 200 metres to the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 381 of 1140.

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    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 381 of 1140.
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