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In memory of:

Lieutenant René Darche La Fond

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Military service

Age: 22
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division: 75th Bn.
Birth: February 11, 1896 Woonsocket
Enlistment: October 9, 1915 Barriefield, Ontario
Death: September 30, 1918 Cambrai, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: A. 22.
Additional information
Son of Adélard-Étienne Lafond and Marie-Louise Chagnon, of Montréal, Québec.

He was one of the first Officer with the 22nd Battalion and served in it between 10 November 1914 to 17 July, 1915.

Following disciplinary issues in England, he resigned his commission as an Officer and returned to Canada. He enrolled again as a private in the 80th Battalion, served at the front with the 75th Battalion and earned a new commission as an Officer on 29 June 1918.

He stated being born in 1893 on his two enlistment papers.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 444 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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