Private
GELEUM (WILLIAM) (G) VEMEL

• Private GELEUM (WILLIAM) VEMEL's Story

• 	Born 26 August 1892 in Peulais, , Belgium
  	Occupation Worked as a Blacksmith prior to enlisting.
  	Enlisted 11 May 1916 in Regina, Saskatchewan | Age: 23 years
  	Buried 29 October 1917 - MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL | Age: 25 years

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Interesting Facts

• Son of Bruno Vangheluwe and his wife Marie Mathilde Roeleus, of Batatia, Roulers, Belgium. Brother of Edeht (Edith) Vemel. Enlisted voluntarily. Sailed from Halifax on the S.S. Empress of Britain, October 31, 1916. Member of 16th Coy. Legally changed his name during WW1 to William Vangheluwe, as reflected by his two epitaphs.

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Fallen Soldiers from Peulais , Belgium

• Private
  VEMEL, GELEUM (WILLIAM)
  29 October 1917
  MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL
  

Fallen Comrades of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps

• Corporal
  HUDSON, DANIEL STANTON
  14 November 1917
  TYNE COT CEMETERY
  
• Private
  BOON, ROBERT DRYSDALE
  7 November 1917
  MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL
  
• Private
  BRIGGS, ALBERT EDGAR
  28 August 1918
  QUEBEC CEMETERY
  
• Private
  BOURNE, NORMAN ARTHUR GAMBLE
  3 September 1918
  AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
  
• Sergeant
  CROZIER, DAN EHALT
  28 September 1918
  ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
  
• Private
  GROAT, STEWART
  22 July 1918
  EDAY OLD CHURCHYARD
  
• Sergeant
  WILLIAMSON, FREDERICK STALFORD
  29 September 1916
  COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
  
• Private
  EWING, WILLIAM ARTHUR
  28 October 1917
  MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL
  
• Private
  EVERS, ADOLPHUS 'DUFF'
  12 April 1918
  ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY
  
• Private
  SMITH, SIDNEY GEORGE
  27 September 1918
  QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY
  
• Private
  SPRACKLING, JOSEPH
  5 September 1918
  DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY
  
• Lieutenant
  WAUGH, ALEXANDER LOGAN
  1 December 1917
  VIMY MEMORIAL