Pte. John Hailen LAPORTE

1919 - 1944  (25 years)

• Name	John Hailen LAPORTE
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	8 Jan 1919	Fort Coulonge, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada   [1]
  Christening	15 Jan 1919	Fort Coulonge, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
  Gender	Male
  WWII service	8 Aug 1942	Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  	Attestation #C119501
  Occupation	8 Aug 1942
  	Ferryman
  WWII service	3 Feb 1944	, , , Italy
  	Paratroups 1st Canadian Special Service Batt; killed in action of massive chest wound from air burst
  Death	3 Feb 1944	, , , Italy
  Burial	Anzio, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
  	Address: Beach Head War Cemetery Anzio Italy
  Person ID	I39164591	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2024

  
  

• Photos		Laporte, J.H. Military photo from military record.
  		Pte. John Hailen LAPORTE Canada Remembers https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10158015439655663&set=a.186987155662

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Canadian Virtual War Memorial - Pte. John Hailen Laporte (with photo) https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2373424?John%20Hailan%20Laporte
  		Laporte, Pte. John Hailen photo Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook collection of Lena Byce
  		Laporte, Pte. John Hailen obituary The Ottawa Journal, Feb 18, 1944 p. 9
  		Pte. John Hailen LAPORTE in memorium FB Page: Fort Coulonge, La Passe, and Westmeath History Forum

  
  

  Headstones

  Memorial Dedicated to WWI & WWII casualties, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lapasse, ON Photographed by Fay Bennett

  
  

• Notes

  WWII service: died instantly from air burst

  
  

• Sources

  [S451108] Ancestry.com, '"BMD-Quebec Vital & Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968", (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec).