In memory of

Captain

Marcel Jacques Chevalier

who died on 23 Aug 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Fusiliers Mont-Royal
  Rank Captain
  Service number L18576
  Date of death 19440823
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  Captain (Fusiliers Mont-Royal) Marcel Jacques Chevalier (b.1915) of St. Brieux was KIA 19440823 during the pursuit to the Seine and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. He was the only son of Jacques and Marie (Legrand) Chevalier who came from Finistere, Brittany, in 1906 and homesteaded SW24-37-1-W3 at St. Denis. Marcel left a wife Alyce Josephine (Samletzki) at St. Brieux where he and his father Jacques were in the implement business 1915-51. Marcel enlisted (L18576) at Regina late in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 399 - Lake Lenore
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) St Brieux
  Geo-memorial Chevalier Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.8°N / 109.8833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74N13
  Geo-memorial details West of Tazin Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19150204
  Place of birth Wakaw    
  Date of enlistment 19411201
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment St Brieux    
  Occupation implement dealer
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