Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Joseph Urbain Gagnon
In memory of:
Private Joseph Urbain Gagnon
November 10, 1917
Passchendaele, Belgium
Military Service
811848
39
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
March 10, 1878
Pierreville, Yamaska, Quebec
January 28, 1916
Edmonton, Alberta
Son of Adélaïde Gagnon (deceased in 1891) and Michel Gagnon (remarried to Olive Lyonnais in 1895 and deceased in 1911).
Commemorated on Page 241 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
XI. C. 19.
Passchendaele (Passendale) New British Cemetery lies 10.5 Kms north-east of Ieper town centre on the S'Graventafelstraat, a road leading from St Jan to Passendale. 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 crossroads and Zonnebeekseweg is the turning to the left. 7 Kms along the Zonnebeekseweg, in the village of Zonnebeke, lies the left hand turning onto the Langemarkstraat (further on this street name changes to Zonnebekestraat). 2 Kms along this road, and after passing Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, lies the right hand turning onto the 'S Graventafelstraat. 4 Kms along the 'S Graventafelstraat, and after passing the New Zealand Memorial, lies the cemetery on the left hand side of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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