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Baptized Joseph-Eustache-Lambert-Dumont Laviolette. Son of Dumont Laviolette (deceased in 1906) and Marie-Anna McDonald of Montréal, Québec. He commonly used Lambert as his first name, but enrolled as Dumont Laviolette.
He had previously served with the Mont Saint-Louis Cadets and in the 65th Mont-Royal Carabiniers Regiment for six years. Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was promoted to lieutenant on October 27, 1914. He sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel and arrived in Le Havre, Normandy, France, that same day.
On October 1, 1916, Major Laviolette was seriously wounded in the spine by shrapnel and died of his injuries a year later in Canada, on August 28, 1917, at 2:50 p.m., at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. His body lay in state at the 65th Regiment’s arsenal in Montreal. He had been awarded the Military Cross (MC) by King George V on October 27, 1916, and, during Marshal Joffre’s visit to Montreal, received a hug from the marshal.
Brother of Lieutenant Alexandre Laviolette, was killed in action at Vimy on 9 April 1917.
The Military Cross (London Gazette 29837, 25 November 1916) for bravery at Regina Trench, Courcelette, 30 September to 1 October 1916. — “ For conspicuous gallantry in action. He carried out a valuable reconnaissance under very heavy fire. Later, he led his company in the attack with great courage and initiative. He has previously done very fine work. ” And, posthumous, the French Croix de guerre (London Gazette 30848, 17 August 1918) for bravery at Mont Sorrel, Ypres, 14 to 18 June 1916.
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The Morning Bulletin 29 August 1917 -
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Broken and lying on the ground.
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Page 272 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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