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Napoléon Gagné

In memory of:

Gunner Napoléon Gagné

September 29, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

89179

Age:

41

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

4th Bde.

Additional Information


Born:

June 18, 1877
Quebec, Quebec

Enlistment:

July 6, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Octave and Éléonore Gagné (formely Therrien). He married Rose de Lima (Délima) Dupont on November 16, 1903, in St-Jérôme, Québec.

Commemorated on Page 412 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:

I. E. 21.

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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  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse 15 October 1918
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse - 8 May 1916

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