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Military service
Service number:
C/120253
Age:
21
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 14, 1923
Elmira
Enlistment:
December 9, 1942
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
September 2, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIX. D. 6.
Digital gallery of Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Letter
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Circumstances of death
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Attestation paper
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Newspaper clipping
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Photo
It is unknown who this is. The photo was found in Robert's military service file. Translation of handwritten text is “Remembering a French friend from Caen. With my fondest memories” Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Shoulder Patch
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Document
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Document
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Digital gallery of
Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 357 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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