Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Joseph Lavallée
In memory of:
Private Joseph Lavallée
October 1, 1916
Contay, France
Military Service
416172
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
April 29, 1881
Hull, Outaouais, Quebec
January 25, 1915
Hull, Quebec
Son of Romain Paquette-dit-Lavallé and Odile Gagnon (both died in 1913). Husband of Rose-Anna Protain, of Hull, Québec, and father of two children.
Wounded by shrapnel in the neck during the assault on the Regina Trench at Courcelette and died of his wounds the same day at Casualty Clearing Station No. 49 at Contay.
Commemorated on Page 116 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France
I. F. 2.
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Gravemarker – Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson
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