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Full Military Honors For Deceased Soldier |
| Pembroke,
July 4. (Special). Military honors will be accorded Gunner Samuel E. Dufresne, young Pembroke soldier, who died yesterday in the military hospital at Petawawa camp following an operation. The funeral will take place Saturday morning from the home of his mother-in law, Mrs, P. Meilleur, 1039 Pembroke street west, to the Church of the Holy Name, and burial will be in the Roman Catholic cemetery. A guard of honor from his unit, "B" Battery, R.C.A., will be present, with a firing squad and the band of the R.C.H.A. and requiem mass will be sung by Capt. the Rev. C. Cahill. Born at Rapides des Joachims, Que, 24 years ago, Gnr. Dufresne was a son of Mr. and Mrs George Dufresne now residents of Pembroke. He lived here seven years prior to enliting last January and had been employed by the Pembroke Milling Co. Surviving, besides his parents, are his widow, formely Miss Margaret Meilleur of Pembroke ; one brother, Pte. Leo Dufresne of the Midland Regiment on the east coast, and one sister, Miss Yvette Dufresne, Pembroke. Ottawa Citizen, July 4, 1941
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