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Baptized Marie-Adolphe-Rosaire Layette. Son of Napoléon Layette (deceased in 1915) and Anastasie Lefort, of Terrebonne and Montréal, Québec.
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, that same day with Company B of the 22nd Battalion’s first contingent. After a period of hospitalization, he rejoined his unit in combat in the Vierstraat and H & H Farm sectors in West Flanders, Belgium. From March 18, 1917, to September 11, 1918, he was seconded to the 2nd Division Traffic Control. Upon returning to his battalion, he died during the night of October 23–24, 1918, at his lodgings at 6 Rue d’Alsace in Aniche, Nord. A board of inquiry was convened on the 25th and concluded that his death was accidental.
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Private Adolphe Layette
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Private Adolphe Layette
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Private Adolphe Layette
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Private Adolphe Layette
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Private Adolphe Layette
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Private Adolphe Layette
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Private Adolphe Layette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 447 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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