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Military service
Service number:
C/120253
Age:
21
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 14, 1923
Elmira
Enlistment:
December 9, 1942
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
September 2, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIX. D. 6.
Digital gallery of Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Letter
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Circumstances of death
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Attestation paper
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Newspaper clipping
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Photo
It is unknown who this is. The photo was found in Robert's military service file. Translation of handwritten text is “Remembering a French friend from Caen. With my fondest memories” Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Shoulder Patch
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Document
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Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Robert Antony Lafarge
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 357 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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