Private Eudore Boudreau
Canadian Infantry - WW II
Service number: E/101478
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.
Born: 27 July 1925 in Petit Rocher, New Brunswick, Canada.
Date of death: 5 October 1944 Age 19
Status: KIA
Buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery - Plot II. A. 10.
“O vous qui j’ai si tot quittés, ne pleurez pas sur mon tombeau”
Awards: 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal, CVSM & Clasp.
BIOGRAPHY
Eudore was the first of 5 children of Philip and Alexina Boudreau, of Asbestos, Province of Quebec, Canada. His father was an Assistant Manager of the Asbestos Mills.
- Eudore Boudreau
- Jeannine Boudreau
- Annethe Boudreau
- Leonel Boudreau
- Conrad Boudreau
Eudore did 7 years of High School and 2 years of University (Université du Sacre-Coeur Bathurst, New Brunswick). Worked as a labouror. He played hockey (goal keeper) and Baseball.
in 1943-1944 they lived in
129 rue Laurier, Box 203
Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
Joined 7/11th Hussard June 1941 until enlistment 30 July 1943.
at the time of enlistment:
eyes: brown
hair: brown
height: 5’6”
weight: 125
4 January 1944: Qualified as a driver.
31 July 1944: Suitability for operational duty as Driver IC.
4 August 1944: embarked for UK, disembarked UK 10 August and reported for duty the next day.
“Just arrived from Canada, in good spirits. He is a qualified driver but is not interested in driving . Prefers the rifle, should carry on as a rifleman.”
31 August 1944: embarked for France and disembarked the next day.
5 October 1944: Eudore was brought to a General Hospital but died of his injuries sustained in action.
Book of Remembrance of the Second World War, Eudore Boudreau is mentioned on page 254.