Military service
Service number:
B/138968
Age:
20
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
78 Bty. 13 Field Regt.
Birth:
April 17, 1924
Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 20, 1943
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. D. 11.
Additional information
Son of S. E. and Margaret Renault, of Wawa, Ontario.
Commemorated on the Stephen E. Renault Walkway.
Digital gallery of Gunner Stephen Emil Renault
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Bio
From Vol. 2 of the Ontario Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Sault Star, November 27, 1944, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
Sault Star, November 27, 1944, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. -
clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Gravestone of Stephen Emil Renault in Michipicoten, Ontario, Canada. This gravestone he shares with his father, at a private family cemetery. Stephens actual grave is at Adegem War Cemetary, Belgium. -
THE STEPHEN E. RENAULT WALKWAY
On the trail at the end of Superior Street, Michipicoten River Village a walkway and bridge with a view of the Mission High Falls, is dedicated to Gunner Stephen E. Renault. THE STEPHEN E. RENAULT WALKWAY To honour Gunner Stephen E. Renault 13th Field Regiment RCA Killed in action in Belgium, October 17, 1944. He was awarded posthumouslythe Belgium Croix de Guerre with Palme Medal for courage and tenacity in an impossible situation. A former resident of Michipicoten River Village, buried in Adegem Cemetery, Belgium. Lest We Forget -
Memorial
Updated photo of memorial at footbridge dedicated to Stephen Emil Renault in Michipicoten, Ontario, Canada. -
Entrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Digital gallery of
Gunner Stephen Emil Renault
Digital gallery of
Gunner Stephen Emil Renault
Digital gallery of
Gunner Stephen Emil Renault
Digital gallery of
Gunner Stephen Emil Renault
Digital gallery of
Gunner Stephen Emil Renault
Digital gallery of
Gunner Stephen Emil Renault
Digital gallery of
Gunner Stephen Emil Renault
Digital gallery of
Gunner Stephen Emil Renault
Digital gallery of
Gunner Stephen Emil Renault
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 425 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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