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Son of Magloire Lacroix and Élodie Lavoie of l’Île-des-Chênes, Manitoba. He had declared to be born on the 12th at the time of his enrolment.
Enlisted in the 222nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was assigned to the 233rd Battalion on May 17, 1916, and then to the 178th Battalion on March 3, 1917. He embarked for Great Britain that same day and landed in England on the 15th. That same day, he was assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion. Transferred to the 22nd Battalion on May 17, 1917, he crossed over to France on the 18th and set foot there that same day. On the 21st, he joined his new unit, and on June 6, he went to the front lines in the Lens sector. Initially reported wounded in action on August 15, 1917, then presumed killed on the 17th, he was officially recognized as having been killed in action on August 17, 1917, during the Battle of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, near Cité Saint-Laurent, on Hill 70 during the capture of the Catapulte trench. His body was never recovered.
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Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private David Lacroix
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Private David Lacroix
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 270 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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