Private Elzear Lalonde

Private Elzear Lalonde was born on 30 May 1886 at St-Stanislas-de-Kostka in Beauharnois County, Quebec. An expert agricultural mechanic, he was drafted under the Military Service Act and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Montreal on 21 June 1918. He served in Canada with the 2nd Depot Battalion, 2nd Quebec Regiment, the Overseas Company of the Canadian Officers Training Corps at Laval University, and the 3rd French Canadian Tank Battalion of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Lalonde was discharged at Montreal on 26 November 1918 during general demobilization after 179 days of service. He had married Aurore Brault on 22 November 1917, and she later appeared in his service records as his wife and pay assignee.

1918-06-21 — Drafted/enlisted; joined as Private; medical category B2
1918-07-12 — Transferred to Canadian Officers Training Corps; authority/effective date recorded on medical history
1918-07-13 — Subsistence entitlement recorded from this date
1918-09-01 — Assigned pay of $15 per month to wife Aurore Brault-Lalonde became effective
1918-09-05 — Separation allowance and assigned-pay application completed; marriage recorded as 22 Nov 1917
1918-11-09 — D.O. 1997 authorized posting to 3rd Tank Battalion
1918-11-10 — Taken on strength of 3rd Tank Battalion
1918-11-13 — Posting to 3rd Tank Battalion entered on casualty card
1918-11-22 — Medical examination before discharge; hammer toes and flat feet noted; no disability
1918-11-26 — Struck off strength and discharged in general demobilization under R.O. 1328; total service 179 days