Military service
Burial/memorial information
Baptized Joseph-Rodolphe-Alexandre-Arthur Laviolette. Son of Dumont Laviolette (deceased in 1906) and Mary-Anna McDonald of Montréal, Québec.
He had served three months at the front as an officer with the 22nd Battalion and had been expelled by a court martial due to alcohol abuse. He immediately re-enrolled as a private and made amends a month and a half later at Vimy with the 42nd Battalion, where he died. A year later, in recognition of his exemplary behavior since reenlisting, his was granted a pardon and he was reinstated posthumously to his former rank of lieutenant.
Brother of Major Lambert-Dumont Laviolette, who was severely wounded while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) during the assault on Regina Trench near Courcelette and died of wounds one year later in Canada.
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Photo of Alexandre Laviolette
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
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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) -
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)
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Lieutenant Alexandre Laviolette
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Lieutenant Alexandre Laviolette
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alexandre Laviolette
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alexandre Laviolette
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alexandre Laviolette
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alexandre Laviolette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 272 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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