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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Boston
• Land Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Family Son of Thomas S. and Georgina Lapington, of Hamilton, Ontario
• Profession Boilerman

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 26 March 1916, Hamilton, Ontario
• Service number 690614
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 54th Bn. Central Ontario (Kootenay) Regiment

Death

• Wounded While with his battalion leaving the line at Passchendaele on the morning of November 17th, he was severely wounded by shrapnel from an enemy shell.
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds in head, left shoulder, elbow and back at n°2 Can CCS
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVII - BB - 13

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