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Private Lucien Fortier

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Military service

Service number: 449377
Age: 22
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: February 23, 1897 Québec (Notre-Dame)
Enlistment: May 4, 1916
Death: May 7, 1919 Québec

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: AC.
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Baptized Louis-Laurier-Émile-Lucien Fortier. Son of Ignace Fortier (deceased in 1916) and Marie-Louise Lachance, of Québec. He stated being born on 20 January when he enlisted.

Lucien was serving at the front since nine months when he was evacuated to England due to a serious case of "trench foot". He was also diagnosed and treated for the tuberculosis. The treatments did not prove successful and after one year, he was repatriated as medically unfit and was released from service on 31 July 1918. He died of tuberculosis the following year and his death was declared to be attributable to service.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 533 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUEBEC CITY (NOTRE DAME DE BELMONT) CEMETERY Quebec, Canada

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