Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Georges Bruneau
In memory of:
Private Georges Bruneau
April 9, 1917
Vimy, France
Military Service
120722
36
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22e Bataillon
Additional Information
March 10, 1881
Montréal (St-Joseph), Quebec
September 4, 1915
Montréal, Quebec
Baptized Joseph-Georges-Philippe Bruneau. Son of Philippe Bruneau (deceased in 1908) and Hosanna Rousseau, of Montréal, Québec. Georges married to Marie-Louise Filion in 1901 and she died in 1902, two weeks after giving birth to a son. Georges never remarried.
Commemorated on Page 209 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LICHFIELD CRATER THELUS
Pas de Calais, France
Panel I. Col. I.
Lichfield Crater is a small cemetery situated by the hedge of the motorway A26 (Paris-Calais) behind the village of Neuville St Vaast. On entering Neuville St Vaast follow the directions for the Vimy Canadian Memorial and take the third road on the right toward the wood, go over the motorway and take the first right towards the fields. The cemetery lies in a field approximately 450 metres from the crossroads.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Grave marker – Inscription on cemetery wall plaque. -
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Photo of Georges Bruneau – Georges Bruneau, enlisted in the 69th Battalion on September 4th, 1915, and transfered to the 22nd Battalion on September 27th, 1916. Killed in action at Vimy on April 9th, 1917.
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