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Gabriel Pierre Etienne Schoeler

In memory of:

Sergeant Gabriel Pierre Etienne Schoeler

July 19, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/77277

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of Gabriel J. A. Schoeler and Jeanne-Marie Schoeler, of Westmount.

Commemorated on Page 113 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. M. Lot 3410. Grave 3453.

Location:

Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road. During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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