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Lieutenant Louis Rosario Lavoie

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Citation(s);

Military Medal (MM)

Military service

Age: 26
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: November 30, 1889 Les Escoumins, Côte-Nord, Québec
Enlistment: October 21, 1914 Montreal, Québec
Death: September 15, 1916

Burial/memorial information

SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON
Grave reference: II. D. 5.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Lavoie and Adèle Dubé, of Coaticook, Stanstead, Québec.

He stated being born in Rimouski when he enlisted, (service number 61021).

He was promoted Officer on June 26, 1916.

Additional citations

Military Medal for bravery as Sergeant Signaller at Mont Sorrel (Ypres) between June 14 to 19, 1916.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON Somme, France

Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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