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The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa
By Brendan O'Carroll
2 Para Falklands: The Battalion at War
By Major General John Frost
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 30181" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>LeFrancois </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Wilfred Sylvio</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Raider Bn (Company A) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Second Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-8229</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Navy Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Makin Atoll 1942 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 26.05.1901, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Adelard D. LeFrancois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Mae LeFrancois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>wife Anne Krone (nee Dohrn) LeFrancois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1920 graduated Watertown High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 years Syracuse University</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed F.W. Woolworth Store</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1930 enlisted in Marines</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served China, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Japan and Korea, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>final rank Major (23 years service)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 09.06.1952 due gunshot wounds received in Korea when on active duty (Aged 51)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA. Plot Q, 686</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-lefrancois-grave.35622/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35622-8056eb608c129f404c8e0f758f4150e4.jpg?1624369862" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/2nd-battalion-field-training.36200/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36200-3ac0e5461b14a67e17f34fefd31a2ee5.jpg?1641677230" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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