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Marcel Joseph Lefebvre

In memory of:

Corporal Marcel Joseph Lefebvre

October 15, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

2010605

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Additional Information


Born:

June 20, 1893
Le Havre, France

Enlistment:

May 30, 1918
Windsor, Ontario

Son of Louis Theodore Lefebvre and Marie Angustine Landais. Nephew of Ernest Lefebvre of Le Havre, France. He was single and employed as a naval machinist. He had previous service in France with the French Army, and four months in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Commemorated on Page 448 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

P. 800. S. M.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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