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Joseph Giroux

In memory of:

Private Joseph Giroux

May 21, 1916
Saint-Éloi, Ypres, Belgium

Military Service


Service Number:

448106

Age:

18

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

January 2, 1898
Montréal (St-Charles), Quebec

Enlistment:

June 26, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Antoine-Charles-Lionel Giroux. Son of Auguste Giroux and Eugénie l’Heureux, of Montréal (Saint-Charles), Québec. He stated being born in 1897 when he enlisted.

Commemorated on Page 92 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. D. 10.

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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