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Baptized Joseph-Uldéric-Ferdinand Lefebvre. Son of Trefflé Lefebvre (deceased in 1909) and Adélaïde Gauthier (deceased in 1912), of Montréal, Québec. He had declared to be born in 1879 at the time of his enrollment and he had named his brother Nicolas (husband of Alma Vachon), of Montréal, as his next of kin.
He first enlisted on September 2, 1915, in the 81st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in St. Catharines, Ontario, under service number 159556, and claimed to have served in the 14th Regiment. Due to his misconduct, he was discharged with the notation “undesirable” on December 8, 1915. He was scheduled to embark for overseas service on April 28, 1916. On January 10, 1918, he re-enlisted at the 2nd Depot of the 2nd Quebec Regiment in Montreal, Quebec, under service number 3155849. He sailed for Great Britain on March 24, 1918, and arrived in England on April 3. Upon his arrival, he was assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion in Bramshott. On August 18, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion, which he joined in combat on the 31st. He was killed in action on October 9, 1918, during the attack on Escaudœuvres in the Battle of Cambrai, Nord.
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Private Aldéric Lefebvre
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Private Aldéric Lefebvre
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Private Aldéric Lefebvre
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Page 448 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADA CEMETERY (Tilloy-les-Cambrai) Nord, France
Tilloy-les-Cambrai is a village on the north-western outskirts of the town of Cambrai and a little east of the road to Douai. Follow the N30 (Cambrai Ring Road) from Cambrai to its junction with the Tilloy-les-Cambrai road, the D49, just after the junction of the N30 and the N43 (Douai road). Follow the D49 for approximately 2.2 kilometres, crossing the bridge over the motorway, to a side road on the west-south-west (left) side. The Canada Cemetery lies 200 metres away at the end of the side road.
Tilloy was captured by the Canadian Corps about the 1st October, 1918, in the face of strong opposition, and the cemetery was made by their Burial Officer on the 13th October. It is enclosed by a brick wall, and sheltered from the road by a row of willows; and a maple tree is planted at the South-East corner.
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