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Baptized Joseph-Albert-Dalvanie Lamarche. Son of Benjamin Lamarche and Alphonsine Forget, of Montreal, Quebec.
Enlisted in Company B, 22nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he stated that he had served for five years with the 65th Regiment (Mont-Royal Carabiniers). He sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, arriving in Plymouth, England, on May 29. On September 15 of that year, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, the same day.
On September 18, 1916, he was slightly wounded in the right thigh during fighting in the Voormezeele-Saint-Éloi sector near Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. He was evacuated to England, where he remained from September 19, 1916, until April 21, 1917. On September 17, 1917, he was wounded in the legs but was not evacuated.
Frequently hospitalized and at times confined to military detention, he was killed in action on August 27, 1918, in the trenches southwest of Wancourt during the Battle of Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais.
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Coupure de presse
La Presse September 14th 1918 -
Pierre tombale
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Coupure de presse
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Corporal Dalvanie Lamarche
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Corporal Dalvanie Lamarche
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Corporal Dalvanie Lamarche
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Page 444 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.
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