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Son of Frédéric Lacroix and Arsina Couture (deceased in 1902), of Sherbrooke, Québec. His father remarried Émélie Fortier in 1905. He stated being born in Johnville when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 163rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he departed for Bermuda on May 26, 1916, arriving there on the 29th. On November 18, he set sail again, stopping in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 26th before departing on the 27th for Great Britain, where he landed on December 6 in Liverpool, England. On January 7, 1917, he was assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion stationed in Shoreham. On April 20 of that year, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. That same day, he crossed the English Channel and arrived in Le Havre, Normandy, France, on the 21st. On the 30th, he went to the front lines to fight at Lens, Pas-de-Calais, and then at the Battle of Caëstre on October 24. Assigned to D Company, he was killed in action on April 23, 1918, in the trenches northeast of Neuville-Vitasse, Pas-de-Calais.
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Monument de Sherbrooke
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
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Private Joseph Frédéric Lacroix
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Private Joseph Frédéric Lacroix
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Page 444 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.
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