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Baptized Joseph Méridé Gustave Laganière, he served as Patrick Laganière.
He joined the 18th Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps stating that he was born on 2 March 1913. On 4 September 1940, he arrived in Gourock, Scotland. From 9 September to 1 October 1943, he joined the 7th Construction Company of the Royal Canadian Engineers. On 20 October 1944, he was posted to the 1st Battalion of the Régiment de Hull. On 2 December, he set foot in France and on the 8th was transferred to the Régiment de Maisonneuve, still as a stretcher-bearer. During the Battle of Udem in the Netherlands, Three soldiers from the Régiment de Maisonneuve, including Laganière, were reported missing on 9 March 1945. They were found the same day along a railway line where the enemy had put up so much resistance. He had bullet wounds to his abdomen. He was operated on and died of his wounds on the 10th. The bodies were transported to Bedburg, where they were buried in the Canadian military cemetery at Bedburg Calcar, in the Netherlands, grave I.28.2, before being exhumed and reburied at Groesbeek.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 532 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
Groesbeek is located 10 km south east of the town of Nijmegen and close to the German frontier. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is 3 km north of the village and 1500 metres east of the main road to Nijmegen. On leaving the A73 motorway at the junction Overasselt Mook Groesbeek follow directions to Mook. Follow direction signs towards Mook War cemetery. After passing Mook War cemetery continue to the village of Groesbeek to a set of traffic lights. Turn left at the lights onto Dorpstraat passing through Groesbeek. The road name then changes to Molenweg. A Commonwealth War Graves Commission direction sign indicates the right hand turning from Molenweg onto the Zeven Heuvelenweg. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is located on the right hand side, about 1 km after entering this road.
On the Memorial in the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek are inscribed the following words:
Pro amicis mortui amicis vivimus, We live in the hearts of friends for whom we died.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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