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Son of Jean Sheehy and Flavie Pilote.
His real name is believed to be Eugène Sheehy.
Eugène SHEEHY (sometimes spelled SHEA in English) enrolled first with the 37th Battalion on August 2, 1915. He was then transferred to the 41st Battalion and got a new service number (411765). Two months later, he was declared missing (would have deserted) in Valcartier and taken off strength on October 3, 1915, shortly before the Battalion departed for England. He then reenrolled with the 69th Battalion in Montreal (service number 121111 on October 6, 1915 under his alias Eugène Laflèche.
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Private Eugene Lafleche
Digital gallery of
Private Eugene Lafleche
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Private Eugene Lafleche
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Private Eugene Lafleche
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 270 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.
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