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Joseph Gallant

In memory of:

Private Joseph Gallant

April 6, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

424019

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Division:

5th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

March 8, 1892
Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

December 22, 1914
Dauphin, Manitoba

Son of Joseph Octave Gallant and Julia Gallant (nee Poirier).

Brother of Private Amon Gallant, who died on August 15, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Pioneers.

Commemorated on Page 89 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

III. C. 5.

Location:

AEROPLANE CEMETERY is located 3.5 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Zonnebeekseweg (N332), a road connecting Ieper to Zonnebeke. Two roads connect Ieper town centre onto the Zonnebeekseweg; the Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto a small roundabout. At the roundabout the first right turn is Basculestraat. At the end of Basculestraat there is a cross roads and Zonnebeekseweg is the turning to the left. The cemetery itself lies 3 Km along the Zonnebeekseweg on the right hand side of the road, shortly after a French cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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