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Private JOSEPH LAFONTAINE

Service Number: H/102246
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1944

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

II. C. 3.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Tillie Lafontaine, of The Pas, Manitoba. His brother Frank also fell.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVED SON & BROTHER. HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. EVER REMEMBERED. MOTHER, DAD & FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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