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Military service
Service number:
61890
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
September 24, 1879
St-Pierre-de-Sorel, Richelieu, Québec
Enlistment:
January 6, 1915
St-Jean, Québec
Death:
August 7, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. D. 27.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Georges Senécal but he went by the name George-Lactance and signed George-L. (Lactance was his godfather’s name).
Son of Élie Senécal (deceased in 1894) and Édouardina Crépeau (deceased in 1918), of St-Pierre-de-Sorel, Richelieu, Québec.
Husband of Marie-Louise Mongeau, of Sorel, Québec.
He stated being single when he enlisted, but declared he was married once arrived in England.
Digital gallery of Private George Lactance Senécal
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Grave Marker
Grave Marker - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private George Lactance Senécal
Digital gallery of
Private George Lactance Senécal
Digital gallery of
Private George Lactance Senécal
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 160 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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