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Baptized Joseph-Eustache-Lambert-Dumont Laviolette. Son of Dumont Laviolette (deceased in 1906) and Mary-Anna McDonald of Montréal, Québec. He commonly used Lambert as his first name, but enrolled as Dumont Laviolette.
On 1 October 1916, Major Laviolette was severely wounded to the spine by shrapnel and died of his wounds one year later in Canada.
Brother of Lieutenant Alexandre Laviolette, was killed in action at Vimy on 9 April 1917.
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Page 272 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY Quebec, Canada
Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road.
During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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