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Joseph Edward Robert Lavigne

In memory of:

Sergeant Joseph Edward Robert Lavigne

January 9, 1943
Bryndum, Denmark

Military Service

Service Number:

R/87497

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

158 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

August 10, 1922
Edam, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

March 7, 1941
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Son of August and Isabelle of Flin Flon, Manitoba. Brother of Corporal Harold Lavigne, Lincoln and Welland Regiment, killed in action 20 February 1945.

Commemorated on Page 180 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY
Denmark

Grave Reference:

Alll. 8. 16.

Location:

Esbjerg is a port in south-western Jutland. ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY is about 3 kilometres to the north of the town, off the road to Hjerting, along the Gravlundvej.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Sergeant Joseph Edward Robert Lavigne is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Joseph Edward Robert Lavigne is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Joseph Edward Robert Lavigne is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Joseph Edward Robert Lavigne is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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