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Baptized Joseph Camille Laplante. Son of Nelson Laplante and Philomène Bouchard (deceased in 1914), of St-Honoré-de-Témiscouata, Québec.
His enlistment date of September 21st, 1915 was distorted by one month by the 41st Battalion. In reality, he was recruited on August 8th, 1915 and enrolled on August 23rd (regimental number A50480) by the 57th Battalion. Transferred to the 41st Battalion on September 21st, 1915, the latter simply re-enlisted him illegally with one of his own regimental numbers (417808), so as to take credit for his recruitment.
On October 16, 1915, he sailed for Great Britain and landed on the 28th in Plymouth, England. On April 20, 1916, he was assigned to the 23rd Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force until June 6, when he transferred to the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. He crossed the English Channel on the 8th and set foot in France that same day. On June 23, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion, which he joined on the 24th. He went to the front lines on July 10 and took part in the Battle of the Somme. In September, he participated in the Battle of Courcelette on the Somme, where he was slightly wounded on the 14th. He rejoined his battalion on the 24th. He was initially listed as missing in action between September 30 and October 4, 1916, during the capture of the Regina Trench. On November 13, he was officially recognized as having been killed on October 2, 1916. His body was never found.
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Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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) -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Camille Laplante
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Private Camille Laplante
Digital gallery of
Private Camille Laplante
Digital gallery of
Private Camille Laplante
Digital gallery of
Private Camille Laplante
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 116 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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