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Military service
Service number:
E/47011
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Le Regiment de la Chaudière, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 19, 1919
St. Antoine, Québec
Enlistment:
July 5, 1941
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
October 19, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. B. 5.
Additional information
Son of Francois and Rosanna (nee Dufour) Lavoie of Rivière Verte County, Rivière du Loup, Québec. Brother of Adélard, Gérard, Léo, Aldège, Roger, Paul, Laurent, Jean Marie, Réal, Thérèse, Rose, Juliette, Laurette, Marguerite, and Cecile. He served in Canada from June 18 to November 12, 1941, the United Kingdom from November 13, 1941 to September 17, 1944. He served in Northwest Europe from September 18 until his death on October 19, 1944.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private David Lavoie
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Entrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Private David Lavoie
Digital gallery of
Private David Lavoie
Digital gallery of
Private David Lavoie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 361 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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