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Baptized Louis-Edmond Gagnon. Son of André Gagnon and Marie Rose (aka Rosilda) Tremblay, of L’Annonciation, Labelle, Québec. He stated being born in 1897 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 69th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Company A, he sailed for Great Britain on April 17, 1917, and landed in Liverpool, England, on the 27th. On June 28, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and on the 29th, he left for France, arriving in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, the same day. On July 13, he went to the front line at Zillebeke, Belgium. From March 4 to 6, 1917, he was loaned to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion, and from March 14 to 16, 1918, he served as a batman for the 2nd Division Wing of the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp. Upon returning to his unit, he was killed in action on August 9, 1918, during the Battle of Amiens, Pas-de-Calais, during a push by Caix east of Méharicourt. His body was never found.
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Page 412 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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