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Military service
Service number:
61696
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
October 24, 1890
Montréal (St-Jean-Baptiste), Québec
Enlistment:
April 7, 1915
Montréal, Québec
Death:
September 18, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Baptized Henri-Émery Lorrain. Son of Émery Lorrain and Justine Hétu, and husband of Rose-Alba Charpentier, all of Montréal, Québec. He was the father of three children when he went overseas and all three became adults. His wife never remarried and died in 1939.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of death -
Burial Report
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Newspaper clipping
La Presse - December 5, 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Henri Lorrain
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Private Henri Lorrain
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Private Henri Lorrain
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Lorrain
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Lorrain
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Lorrain
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 120 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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