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Baptized Josaphat Lapré and buried as Joseph Laprés.
Son of Joseph Laprés (deceased in 1914) and Philomène Rhéaume (deceased in 1920, three weeks after her son), of Montréal.
When he enlisted, he stated that he was born in Montreal on July 12, 1892.
Enlisted in the 206th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on May 26, 1916, he departed for Bermuda, where he served until November 18, when he set sail again. He stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 26th, departed on the 27th for Great Britain, and landed in Liverpool, England, on December 6. On January 7, 1917, he was assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion; on March 1, to the 150th Battalion; and on February 27, 1918, to the 22nd Battalion. He crossed the English Channel on the 28th and landed in France. He reached the front lines on March 14.
Seriously wounded in the chest on August 10, 1918, and discharged as disabled on February 7, 1919, he died of pulmonary tuberculosis a year later, and his death was deemed attributable to service.
Joseph Lapré is commemorated in the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Private Joseph Lapré
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Private Joseph Lapré
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Page 550 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY Quebec, Canada
Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road.
During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.
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