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Son of Uldéric Lafrance. He named his sister, Emma Lafrance, as his next of kin.
According to the document consulted, his date of birth varies. He enlisted in the 163rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He sailed for Bermuda on May 26, 1916, and arrived on the 29th. On November 18, he set sail again, stopping in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 26th before departing on the 27th for Great Britain, where he landed on December 6. On January 7, 1917, he was assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion and, on March 7, to the 150th Battalion, On February 27, 1918, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion, which he joined in combat on March 14 to take part in the Battle of Lens, in the Hill 70 area. He was initially reported missing, likely taken prisoner of war, on June 8, 1918. He was finally recognized on June 26 as having been killed in action on the 8th in the Mercatel sector during grenade and bayonet assaults amid back-and-forth trench fighting. His death was confirmed on April 3, 1919. His body was never recovered.
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Private Adélard Lafrance
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Private Adélard Lafrance
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Commemorated on:
Page 444 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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