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Willie was in the machine gun section of the battalion and on the fateful day he was tending his horse in the unit's corral near Vimy. He was then kicked in the stomach by another horse and died of his wounds during his evacuation to the 6th Field Ambulance which was stationed at Aux-Rietz.
Digital gallery of Private Willie Lapointe
Digital gallery of
Private Willie Lapointe
Digital gallery of
Private Willie Lapointe
Digital gallery of
Private Willie Lapointe
Digital gallery of
Private Willie Lapointe
Digital gallery of
Private Willie Lapointe
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 445 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.
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