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Gerard Raoul D'Aoust

In memory of:

Lieutenant Gerard Raoul D'Aoust

August 14, 1944

Military Service

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Le Regiment de Maisonneuve, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Born:

July 18, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

December 1, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Joseph Philippe Paul and Marie Aline D'Aoust (1949 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Ottawa, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 286 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

XIII. E. 9.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Marie Aline D'aoust Silver Cross Mother 1949. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Marie Aline D'aoust Silver Cross Mother 1949. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper Clipping – Marie Aline D'aoust Silver Cross Mother 1949. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Gérard Daoust

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