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            <text>A LOVED SON &amp; BROTHER. HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. EVER REMEMBERED. MOTHER, DAD &amp; FAMILY</text>
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            <text>Son of Joseph and Tillie Lafontaine, of The Pas, Manitoba. His brother Frank also fell.</text>
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