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Military service
Service number:
H/103987
Age:
23
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
May 23, 1921
Rosetown, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
December 18, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. G. 9.
Additional information
Son of Telesphore and Rose Labrecque of Rosetown, Saskatchewan.
Rifleman Labrecque attended St. Thomas College, North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, France and Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, War Medal 1939-1945
Digital gallery of Rifleman Herve Alfred Labrecque
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Photo of Herve Labrecque
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Grave Marker
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Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Rifleman Herve Alfred Labrecque is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herve Alfred Labrecque
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herve Alfred Labrecque
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herve Alfred Labrecque
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herve Alfred Labrecque
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herve Alfred Labrecque
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 356 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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