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Corporal WILLIAM J. L. LAFONTAINE

Service Number: B/55484
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

1. A. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William and Edith LaFontaine, of Toronto, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription HOWEVER LONG LIFE LASTS WHATEVER JOY OR GRIEF BE OURS WE WILL THINK OF YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 729
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