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Private William Lavigne

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Military service

Service number: 886585
Age: 32
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: February 1, 1886 St-Christophe-d’Arthabaska
Enlistment: June 1, 1918 France
Death: August 9, 1918

Burial/memorial information

ROSIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Grave reference: I. D. 9.
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Baptized Joseph-Hector-Willey Lavigne. He was known as Willy and used Willie when he signed.

Son of Fidèle Lavigne and Olivine Houle (deceased in 1894); his father remarried to Marie-Denise Bourassa in 1896, of Biddeford, Maine.

He briefly served in early 1916 (service number 748430) and was discharged for misconduct.

He then re-enrolled in mid-April 1916 (between the 17th and 20th) in Saskatchewan but his original documents were lost, so he had to be officially enlisted again by the 22nd Battalion in Wailly, France, on June 1, 1918 (he stated being born in Biddeford, Maine, in 1892).

He is commemorated in the First World War Book of Remembrance as William Lavigne.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 446 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ROSIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France

Rosieres is a village about 32 kilometres east of Amiens and 7.5 kilometres south of the main road from Amiens to St Quentin. From Peronne take the N17 towards Roye. Travel for approximately 7 kilometres to Villers Carlonne then turn right towards Amiens on the N29. Travel for 13 kilometres then turn left on the D329 towards Rosieres, then take the D28 towards Caix. Follow the signs for the communal cemetery which is situated on the northern side of the village.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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