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Auguste Beaupré

In memory of:

Private Auguste Beaupré

February 21, 1916
Bailleul, France

Military Service

Service Number:

61215

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

1914-1915 Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal

Additional Information

Born:

September 23, 1896
Lavaltrie, Berthier, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 22, 1914
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Delphis-Auguste Beaupré. Son of Jean-Baptiste Beaupré and Parmélia Perreault, of Montréal and l’Épiphanie, Québec. He was severely wounded to the abdomen in the trenches near Vierstraat, Ypres, Belgium, and he died at n° 8 Casualty clearing station in Bailleul, France.

Commemorated on Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 165.

Location:

Bailleul is a large town in France, near the Belgian border, 14.5 kilometres south-west of Ieper and on the main road from St. Omer to Lille. The Communal Cemetery is on the eastern outskirts of the town. From the Grand Place, take the Ieper road and 400 metres along this road is a sign indicating the direction of the cemetery. Turn down the right into a small road and follow for approximately 400 metres. The cemetery is on the right and the BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is at the bottom end.

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: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 335 of 724.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 335 of 724.
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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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