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Bertrand Lamarre

In memory of:

Private Bertrand Lamarre

August 19, 1917
Bruay-la-Bussière, France

Military Service


Service Number:

417741

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 24, 1879
St-Basile-le-Grand, Chambly, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 20, 1915
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Baptized Louis-Barthélemi Lamarre. Son of Philomène Gaudreau (deceased in 1885) and Alexis ""Alexandre"" Lamarre (remarried 1887 to Julie Bélanger), of Lowell, Massachusetts.

Mortally wounded in the front line trenches at Hill 70 at Lens, he died of his wounds a few hours later at the Casualty Clearing Station No. 6 at Bruay-La-Bussière.

Commemorated on Page 271 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. D. 18.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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