Military service
Burial/memorial information
He was baptized Joseph-Herménégilde Linteau, son of Joseph Linteau and Adélaïde Faveur (who remarried in 1910 with Jean Cayer). Upon enlistment, he stated that he was born on August 29, 1895, and signed his name as Jos. Lanctôt.
Enlisted in the 57th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he embarked from Montreal, Quebec, on June 16, 1915, bound for Great Britain, and disembarked at Plymouth, England, on the 28th. On July 31, he was assigned to the 23rd Reserve Battalion at Shorncliffe. On November 1, 1915, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. On the 2nd, he crossed the English Channel and landed at Rouelles, in Normandy, France. He joined his new unit on the front lines on the 8th. On October 4, 1916, he went missing in action during the Battle of Courcelette, on the Somme, while attempting to capture the Regina Trench. On July 7, 1917, it was confirmed that he was presumed killed in action on October 4, 1916. His body was never found.
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Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Joseph Lanctôt (Linteau)
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Lanctôt (Linteau)
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Lanctôt (Linteau)
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Lanctôt (Linteau)
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Lanctôt (Linteau)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 116 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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