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Second Lieutenant Joseph Edgar Lucien Lacasse

Military service

Age: 21
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth: June 15, 1920 Sayabec, Matapédia, Québec
Enlistment: June 20, 1940 Rimouski, Québec
Death: July 1, 1941 Camp Valcartier, Québec

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Additional information

Baptized Joseph Lucien Edgar Lacasse, he served under the name Lucien Lacasse. Son of Edmond Lacasse and Joséphine Nolin, of Rimouski, Québec.

Enlisted in the St. Lawrence Fusiliers, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. On February 1, 1941, he was assigned to the 5th Military District Depot of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec City, Quebec, where his rank was confirmed. On the 14th, he was sent to Camp Valcartier, located north of Quebec City. He died in a car accident on the base on July 1, 1941.
 

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 35 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RIMOUSKI (ST. GERMAIN) R.C. CEMETERY Quebec, Canada

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