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Roger Ernest Ouellette

Roger Ernest Ouellette

Male 1917 - 1945  (27 years)

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  • Name Roger Ernest Ouellette  [1
    Birth 7 May 1917  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1941  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Address:
    47 Apt 4 Heney Street 
    Enlisted 3 May 1941  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Fact Army  [1
    Fact C426307 
    Fact Lieutenant  [1
    Fact The Royal Canadian Regiment  [1
    Burial 1945  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery 
    • Grave Reference: IV. E. 11.

      Groesbeek is located 10 km south east of the town of Nijmegen and close to the German frontier. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is 3 km north of the village and 1500 metres east of the main road to Nijmegen. On leaving the A73 motorway at the junction Overasselt Mook Groesbeek follow directions to Mook. Follow direction signs towards Mook War cemetery. After passing Mook War cemetery continue to the village of Groesbeek to a set of traffic lights. Turn left at the lights onto Dorpstraat passing through Groesbeek. The road name then changes to Molenweg. A Commonwealth War Graves Commission direction sign indicates the right hand turning from Molenweg onto the Zeven Heuvelenweg. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is located on the right hand side, about 1 km after entering this road. On the Memorial in the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek are inscribed the following words:
      Pro amicis mortui amicis vivimus
    Death 18 Apr 1945  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
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    Roger Ernest Ouellette
    Person ID I126019  Lowertown
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2021 

    Father Hector Ernest Ouellette,   b. 1888   d. 15 Oct 1916 (Age 28 years) 
    Mother Gloria Gauvreau,   b. 1894   d. 1962 (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 3 May 1916  Ste-Anne, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F22180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Son of Ernest and Gloria Ouellette, of Ottawa, Ontario. [1]
    • Commemorated on of the Second World War Book of Remembrance .

  • Sources 
    1. [S3441] .
      The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM)

    2. [S3437] (Reliability: 3).
      Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947 for Roger E. Ouellette

    3. [S67] page 96.