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Son of Vitaline Pouliot (deceased in 1907) and Louis-Napoléon Lavoie (remarried in 1910 to Marguerite De la Barrière) of Ste-Anne-des-Chênes, Manitoba. He had declared to be born in 1896 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 233rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was transferred to the 178th Battalion on March 1, 1917, and sailed for Great Britain on the 3rd. He arrived in England on the 15th and, upon arrival, was assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion in Shoreham. On November 23, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. On the 24th, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, that same day. He was then sent to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp, where he remained until December 10. On the 11th, he returned to the 22nd Battalion and went to the front lines on March 31, 1918. He was killed in action on August 28, 1918, during the Battle of Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais.
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Grave marker - Sun Quarry Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Joseph Lavoie
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Private Joseph Lavoie
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Page 446 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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