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Military service
Service number:
61853
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
October 9, 1891
Lévis, Québec
Enlistment:
October 22, 1914
Montréal, Québec
Death:
October 2, 1916
Courcelette, France
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Son of Joseph Lecours (deceased in 1912) and Emma Hudon-dit-Beaulieu (deceased in 1907), of Lévis, Québec. He had named an uncle (Amédée Fortin, husband of Marie-Laure Lecours), of Lévis, as his next of kin when he enlisted.
Digital gallery of Private Georges Lecours
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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)
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Private Georges Lecours
Digital gallery of
Private Georges Lecours
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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