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Private Joseph Arthur Gingras

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Military service

Service number: 660224
Age: 30
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: November 29, 1887 Montréal (St-Jean-Baptiste)
Enlistment: February 3, 1916
Death: August 27, 1918 Chérisy, France

Burial/memorial information

QUEBEC CEMETERY
Grave reference: D. 38.
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Baptized Joseph-Arthur-Alonzo Gingras. Son of Charles Gingras and Marie-Anne Dussault, of Montréal, Québec.

Married to Flora Déziel in 1912, from Montreal, he had a son in 1915 and left for the war in 1916. His wife survived him only four months in 1918. His old parents, as well as his sister Élionilia "Lilas", then took charge of the orphan son and settled for a time in Shawinigan Falls, in Mauricie.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 415 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUEBEC CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Take the D38 from Cherisy to Hendecourt. Approximately 2 kilometres from Cherisy turn left just before Sun Quarry Cemetery onto a dirt track. Continue for 1 kilometre before turning left to arrive at Quebec Cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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