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Son of Louise Hallé (deceased in 1895) and Joseph Fortin (deceased in 1914), of Winooski, Vermont. When he enlisted, he simply stated being born in Lac St-Jean, on 1 January 1899, which is his baptism date. His family soon moved to the United States, where he spent his childhood.
Méridé was doing his second tour in the trenches and, in Kemmel, Belgium, he was wounded to the left eye, possibly by a sniper. He lost his eye and was repatriated, then released in October 1916.
He died of tuberculosis five years later and his death was declared to be attributable to service. He was buried at the St. Francis Xavier cemetery in Winooski, Vermont, but his grave can’t be located now.
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Private Méridé Fortin
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 561 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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