LERUEZ, Joseph Charles * 675719
Canadian Infantry ( Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Corporal
168th Battalion Company D
Born: October 20th 1889 Guernsey, Channel Isle, England.
Died: September 13th 1918 (Died of wounds)
Buried: Brookwood Military Cemetery U.K.
After School: Farmer (in the Hickson area)
Enlisted: March 6th, 1916 Tavistock, D. Company, 168th Battalion.
Served: 21st Battalion
Family:
Wife: Returned to U.K., Remarried, returned to Canada in Hamilton Area.
Son: Born March 18th 1916. Joined the R.C.N. in WWII
Comment: He had served 3 years with the Royal Guernsey Militia. Tavistock Gazette reported October 17th, 1918, that Joseph Leruez was on the casualty list as Killed in Action.