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Henri Cabana

In memory of:

Private Henri Cabana

August 6, 1916
Vierstraat, Ypres, Belgium

Military Service

Service Number:

416446

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 14, 1883
Beloeil, Verchères, Quebec

Enlistment:

February 25, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Honoré-Adélard Cabana, but he went by the first name “Henri” instead of Honoré. Son of Louis Cabana (deceased in 1911) and Domithilde Desnoyers (deceased in 1894), of Beloeil, Québec. Henri married to Mathilde Labelle (from Montréal) in 1903 and she died in 1913. They had three sons and a daughter. He named his brother Louis, of Montréal, as next of kin, heir and tutor of his sons.

The birth year inscribed in his Attestation paper is 1888, which is wrong by five years, but correctly inscribed 1883 elsewhere in his military file.

Commemorated on Page 62 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

III. B. 2.

Location:

ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, on the Kemmelseweg, a road connecting Ieper to Kemmel (N331). From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 m after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg. (Made prominent by a railway level crossing). The ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY lies 4 Km along the Kemmelseweg on the right hand side of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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