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Military service
Service number:
H/59984
Age:
27
Rank:
Lance Bombardier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
17 Field Regt.
Birth:
September 10, 1916
St. Boniface, Manitoba
Enlistment:
March 4, 1941
Portage de la Prairie, Manitoba
Death:
January 27, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. G. 4.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Cléophée Larence. Brother of Leo, Bernice and Cecilia Vermette of Wakota, Saskatchewan. He had previous military service with the 37th Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery.
He served in Canada from March 4, 1941 to November 9, 1941, in the United Kingdom from November 10, 1941 to October 6, 1943 and in Italy from October 27, 1943 until his death.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal,
War Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & Clasp.
Digital gallery of Lance Bombardier Roy Jacques Alexander Larence
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Entrance
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier Roy Jacques Alexander Larence
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier Roy Jacques Alexander Larence
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier Roy Jacques Alexander Larence
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 359 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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