Military service
Burial/memorial information
He first enlisted in Montréal, Québec, on May 26, 1915, with the 41st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, serial number 411277. Highly undisciplined, he was scheduled to leave for Great Britain on October 18. He did not show up for embarkation. On November 16, 1915, he enlisted a second time with the 69th Reserve Battalion in Montréal, registration number 121379. He embarked on April 17, 1916, and landed on the 27th in Plymouth, England. He was still as rebellious as ever. With the 69th Battalion, he left for France on July 29, 1916, and was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on August 27. He was loaned to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion from September 18 to 20, 1916. He was hit in the abdomen by shrapnel at around 9 a.m. on November 9, 1917, near Abraham Heights during the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium. Shortly afterwards, two more shells fell on him, burying him and causing his death. His body was never found.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 981 of 1036. No record of burial.
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Private Léo Deslauriers
Digital gallery of
Private Léo Deslauriers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 227 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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