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Gaetan Vézina

Gaetan Vézina

Male 1921 - 1944  (23 years)

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  • Name Gaetan Vézina  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 11 Apr 1921  Orleans, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1 Dec 1942  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Address:
    685 King Edward Street 
    Enlisted 2 Dec 1942  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Obittuary Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Fact C102085  [2, 3
    Fact Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.  [2, 3
    Fact Rifleman  [2, 3
    Occupation Inspector Avion  [2
    Death 10 Aug 1944  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Burial Aft 10 Aug 1944  Cintheaux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    • Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery
      Plot: XVI. H. 12
    Gaetan Vezina 125180 tomb.png
    Gaetan Vezina 125180 tomb1.png
    Person ID I125180  Lowertown
    Last Modified 20 May 2021 

    Father Télesphore Vézina,   b. 1889   d. 1944 (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Marie-Anne Lachaine,   b. 1890   d. 1972 (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F48006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Address:
    685 King Edward Street - 1 Dec 1942 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEnlisted - 2 Dec 1942 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObittuary - - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Commemorated on Page 468 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance . [3]
    • Son of Telesphore and Marie Anne Vezina, of Ottawa, Ontario. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S3427] Website.

    2. [S3425] Library and Archives Canada website "Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947".
      Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947

    3. [S3428] Veterans Affairs Canada website "The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) " (Reliability: 3).
      https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2335829?Gaetan%20Vezina

    4. [S3423] Ancestry website "World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947 " (Reliability: 3).
      World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947

    5. [S3423] Ancestry website "World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947 ".
      Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current