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Military service
Service number:
684164
Age:
22
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
February 16, 1896
St-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec
Enlistment:
March 3, 1916
Disraëli, Québec
Death:
April 11, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of C. Herménégilde Plante, M.D., of Disraëli, Quebec.
Brother of Private Louis Rene Hector Plante who died on May 22, 1918 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment).
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 27 April 1918 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Corporal Léo Plante
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Corporal Léo Plante
Digital gallery of
Corporal Léo Plante
Digital gallery of
Corporal Léo Plante
Digital gallery of
Corporal Léo Plante
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 486 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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