More info for Paul Vincent LeBlanc

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Need help finding more info about Paul Vincent LeBlanc. He is listed on the Yarmouth war memorial as he was KIA in France during WW2. Im trying to see if he has any connection to the LeBlanc in my family. His sister Bernice married Dennis Comeau who is also on the war memorial.
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Paul Vincent LeBlanc was the only son of Edward and Grace Le Blanc, of Bond St., Nova Scotia. He was the brother of Bernice, Mrs Edward Comeau of Yarmouth. His mother's maiden name was possibly Lavan:

"Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMG6-PS7 : 8 December 2014), Edward Leblanc and Grace Lavan, 1915, Marriage; citing p. 972, volume 16, , Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.

Prior to his enlistment he was employed as a mill hand at Cosmos Imperial Mills Ltd. Yarmouth.

He served in Canada between February 5, 1942 and July 21, 1943, in the United Kingdom between July 22, 1943 and July 6, 1944 and in France from July 8, 1944 to July 21, 1944 when he was killed in action.

Date of Death: July 21, 1944 Age at Death: 26  Cemetery: Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery (Calvados, France) Grave Reference: VI. H. 5. The 71st name on the WWII list of the Yarmouth War Memorial Commemorated on page 362 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.

More info:

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/second-world-war/second-world-war-dead-1939-1947/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=41548&

Newspaper clipping of his death notice attached here:

http://wartimeheritage.com/whawwii/whawwii_leblanc_paul_vincent.htm

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Hi i found Paul Vincent's father and mother marriage on novascotiagenealogy.com ,Registration year 1915 book 16,page 972 , this site is the vital statistics of Nova Scotia Births, marriages and deaths. I did not find the birth of Paul Vincent but I did find the birth of Bernice b.march 13 1916 Also i believe that their mother was Amelia Hubbard 

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