Private, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment),
15th Bn., CEF
Service Number: 27353
who died on
Monday, April 26, 1915
Age 25
Family Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Honsberger, of 15, Bellwoods Avenue Toronto.
Cemetery:
Roulers Communal Cemetery, Belgium
Grave Reference:
I. F. 5.
Location:
Roulers Communal Cemetery is located 20 Km north east of Ieper
town centre via the villages of Zonnebeke and Moorslede (N332).
Roeselare is approached via the Iepersestraat and crosses the
R32 Roeselare ring road. Prior to reaching the town centre lies
the left hand turning onto the Molenstraat, which continues for
80 metres to the junction with Blekerijstraat. The cemetery is
located after the first left hand turning of the the Blekerijstraat.
Additional Information:
Roulers (now Roeselare) was occupied by the Germans from October
1914 to October 1918. The Communal Cemetery was used by them
for the burial of prisoners of war during this period. There
are now separate Belgian, French and Commonwealth plots in this
cemetery. Three graves were added here in 1936, when they were
brought in from churchyards at Hooghlede and Knocke.
Commemorated on Page Page 20 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
The Book of Remembrance is in the Memorial Chamber, which occupies
the second level of the Peace Tower in the Houses of Parliament,
Ottawa.
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