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Baptized John-Nelson Labrecque. Son of Charles Labrecque and Joséphine Ladéroute. Husband of Cordélia Lacroix, of Ottawa, Ontario, and father of nine children. He stated being born in 1879 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 77th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he embarked on October 23, 1915, in Quebec City, Quebec, for Great Britain, where he disembarked on the 31st in Plymouth, England. On March 5, 1916, he was temporarily assigned to the 23rd Reserve Battalion. On the 15th, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. From Folkestone, he crossed the English Channel with the 23rd Battalion and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, that same day. He rejoined his new unit on the 19th.
Mortally wounded in the front line trenches at Mont Sorrel, between 14 and 19 June 1916, he was reported missing after his unit was pulled out of the front lines and sent to divisional reserve at Reninghelst. He was officially recognized as having been killed in action on June 23, 1916, but his body was never found.
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Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Nelson Labrecque
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Private Nelson Labrecque
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Page 115 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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