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Jack Antoine Doucette

In memory of:

Private Jack Antoine Doucette

July 21, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

G/19441

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

Additional Information

Born:

April 1, 1924
Grand Falls, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

December 1, 1941
Woodstock, New Brunswick

Son of Peter and Gertie Doucette, of Grand Falls, Victoria Co., New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 293 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:

XI. E. 2.

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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  • Letter– My Grandmother Jack's mother wrote a letter to the Queen in March of 1942 requesting her son to be returned to Canada.

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    Letter – My Grandmother Jack's mother wrote a letter to the Queen in March of 1942 requesting her son to be returned to Canada.
  • Letter– 2nd part of Letter written by My Grandmother, Jack's mother wrote to the queen in March of 1942 requesting her son be returned to Canada

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    Letter – 2nd part of Letter written by My Grandmother, Jack's mother wrote to the queen in March of 1942 requesting her son be returned to Canada
  • Grave marker– Brettevile-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Grave marker – Brettevile-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Cemetery– Brettevile-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens …

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    Cemetery – Brettevile-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens …
  • Photo of Jack Doucette– Jack in London Circa 1943

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    Photo of Jack Doucette
    Photo of Jack Doucette – Jack in London Circa 1943

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