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Son of François Lavoie and Malvina St-Hilaire (who died in 1893), of Montréal, Quebec.
Husband of Rose-de-Lima Royer, whom he married in 1893, of Montréal, Quebec. They were the parents of Maurice Siméon Adolphe Lavoie, a daughter who was baptized but died in infancy, and Julien Lavoie.
He stated that he had been born in Quebec when he enlisted.
A founding member of the 22nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was assigned to the 7th Company. He sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, arriving at Plymouth, England, on May 29. On September 15, 1915, he crossed the English Channel and landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. On March 11, 1916, he was severely wounded by gunshot wounds to the body and arms while the battalion was withdrawing from the trenches at the St. Eloi Craters in Belgium. He was evacuated to No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station at Vierstraat, a hamlet near Kemmel, south of Ypres, in West Flanders, Belgium, where he died on March 13. He was buried the following day. After the war, his remains were exhumed and reinterred at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Edmond Lavoie
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Coupure de presse
From the Montreal Star 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Montreal Star 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
La Presse - 29 march 1916
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Edmond Lavoie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Edmond Lavoie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Edmond Lavoie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Edmond Lavoie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Nord, France
Bailleul is a large town in France, near the Belgian border, 14.5 kilometres south-west of Ieper and on the main road from St. Omer to Lille. The Communal Cemetery is on the eastern outskirts of the town.
From the Grand Place, take the Ieper road and 400 metres along this road is a sign indicating the direction of the cemetery. Turn down the right into a small road and follow for approximately 400 metres. The cemetery is on the right and the BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is at the bottom end.
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