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Henri Laporte

In memory of:

Private Henri Laporte

October 15, 1918
Boisleux-au-Mont, France

Military Service

Service Number:

3155225

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 30, 1892
Montréal (St-Charles), Quebec

Enlistment:

January 3, 1918
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Charles-Henri-Stanislas Laporte-dit-Denis. Son of Édouard Laporte-dit-Denis and Mary-Ann Clarke, of Pointe-St-Charles (Montreal), Québec. He had declared to be born in 1891 when he enlisted. On October 13th, 1918, at Iwuy, he received several shrapnel wounds to his legs, head and shoulder. He was evacuated to Wounded Man's Triage Station No. 33 at Boisleux-au-Mont and died of his wounds there two days later.

Commemorated on Page 445 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. H. 18.

Location:

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY is situated on the D919 heading south from Arras to Ayette. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 9 kilometres from Arras, just before a crossroads with the D36 between Ficheux and Boisleux-au-Mont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Circonstances de décès.

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  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse 5 November 1918

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