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Joseph Gallant

In memory of:

Gunner Joseph Gallant

July 28, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

F/88727

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Artillery

Division:

2 Anti-Tank Regt.

Additional Information

Born:

June 25, 1922
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

May 26, 1941
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Son of Cyriac and Mary Madeleine Gallant, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Commemorated on Page 311 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. F. 15.

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– From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Grave marker for J. Gallant

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    Grave marker for J. Gallant
    Grave marker for J. Gallant
  • Photo of J. Alfred Gallant– Joseph Alfred Gallant (Freddy) was Joseph's older brother.

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    Photo of J. Alfred Gallant
    Photo of J. Alfred Gallant – Joseph Alfred Gallant (Freddy) was Joseph's older brother.
  • Photo of Joseph Gallant– Two brothers that served overseas - Joseph on the right and pictured to his left is Henry. Joseph was the youngest of nine children. He had two sisters, Agnes and Josie and six brothers. His mother who was very religious named all her boys after St. Joseph. Joseph Theadore "Ted",Joseph Francis "Frank" who served in the R C A Medical Core, Joseph Phillip "Phill",Joseph Alfred "Freddy", who was wounded in action in Italy, Joseph "Henry",who served overseas as well and Joseph "Ivan". None of them used Joseph as an everyday name, so to ensure one did when Joseph was born he wasn't given a second name. But since he was the youngest,most called him "Baby" at first, then "Wee Wee", and then "Bomber" in his adolescent years.

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    Photo of Joseph Gallant
    Photo of Joseph Gallant – Two brothers that served overseas - Joseph on the right and pictured to his left is Henry. Joseph was the youngest of nine children. He had two sisters, Agnes and Josie and six brothers. His mother who was very religious named all her boys after St. Joseph. Joseph Theadore "Ted",Joseph Francis "Frank" who served in the R C A Medical Core, Joseph Phillip "Phill",Joseph Alfred "Freddy", who was wounded in action in Italy, Joseph "Henry",who served overseas as well and Joseph "Ivan". None of them used Joseph as an everyday name, so to ensure one did when Joseph was born he wasn't given a second name. But since he was the youngest,most called him "Baby" at first, then "Wee Wee", and then "Bomber" in his adolescent years.
  • Photo of Joseph and his brothers– Photo of J. Henry, Joseph, and J. Alfred.

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    Photo of Joseph and his brothers
    Photo of Joseph and his brothers – Photo of J. Henry, Joseph, and J. Alfred.

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