In memory of

Sapper

Wellwood Edmond Chartier

who died on 30 Jul 1944


Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Engineers
  Rank Sapper
  Service number L154507
  Date of death 19440730
  Cause of death accidental death
Narrative history
  L154507 Sapper (25 General Pioneer Co., Royal Canadian Engineers) Wellwood Edmond Chartier (b.1919) of Garrick died 19440730 and is buried at Woodlawn cemetery, Nipawin. Chartier drowned accidentally during a recreational outing to Prudhomme Lake near Prince Rupert, British Columbia. He was the son of John and Mary Jeanette Chartier who homesteaded NW23-23-11-W3 northwest of Beechy, where Wellwood was born, and moved to Garrick during the Depression. He was farming his own quarter next to his father when he enlisted in the Regina Rifles in 1942.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 488 - Torch River
  Cemetery or memorial location Woodlawn cemetery, Nipawin    

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  Honour roll location(s) Codette
  Geo-memorial Chartier Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 53.2°N / 102.6667°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63E2
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Hudson Bay.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19190128
  Place of birth Beechy    
  Date of enlistment 19420716
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Garrick    
  Occupation farmer
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