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Baptized Marie-Joseph-Eugène-Amédée Fontaine. Son of Antoinette Boulanger (deceased in 1898) and Narcisse Fontaine (remarried in 1899 to Marie Boulanger, he died in 1912). Amédée stated being born in 1888 when he enlisted and named his father as next of kin, even though his father had died three years before. He then named his sister Èva (wife of Ibrahim Boulet) as next of kin and heiress.
Enlisted in Company A of the 69th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on April 17, 1916, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 27th. On July 2, 1916, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and on the 6th he landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. From August 5 to September 18, 1916, he was seconded to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion. Returning to his battalion on the 19th, he was killed in action on October 3, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette while attempting to capture the Regina trench. He was initially reported missing between September 30 and October 4. After an investigation, he was recognized as having been killed in action on October 3. His body was never found.
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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) -
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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)
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Private Amédée Fontaine
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Private Amédée Fontaine
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Commemorated on:
Page 86 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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