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Lieutenant Charles Alfred Veilleux

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Military service

Age: 25
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: June 25, 1893 Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment: January 1, 1916
Death: August 15, 1918

Burial/memorial information

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Grave reference: Officers, B. 6. 24.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Charles-Alfred-André Veilleux. Son of Charles-Joseph-Léon Veilleux and Lucie-Agnès Laurin, of Lévis and Québec, Québec. He stated being born in 1891 when he enlisted. On August 9, 1918, at the Battle of Amiens, he was severely wounded and died of his wounds a week later at the hospital.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 516 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France

The St. Sever Cemetery and Extension (Rouen) is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf. If travelling from Elbeuf or Caen on the N.138, follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the roundabout. Then take the fourth exit into Rue Stanislas De Jardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. The CWGC signpost is located at the entrance of the cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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