About Antoine Fonck
Lived 1893 – 1914 (aged 21). Antoine Fonck was a Belgian military personnel.
Antoine-Adolphe Fonck (10 January 1893 – 4 August 1914) was a Belgian soldier of World War I. He was known as the first Belgian soldier to be killed in the war.
Biography
Fonck was born on 10 January 1893 in Verviers, Belgium,
In 1911, he enlisted as a volunteer in the Belgian army, joining the 2nd Lancer Regiment. Following the outbreak of World War I, on 4 August 1914, at 10:30 am, he was killed during a reconnaissance mission to the La Croix-Polinard hamlet in Thimister-Clermont.
Fonck was buried at the Thimister-Clermont Communal Cemetery on 16 August 1914.
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Who was Antoine Fonck?
Belgian military personnel
When was Antoine Fonck born?
Antoine Fonck was born on 10 January 1893 in Verviers.
When did Antoine Fonck die?
Antoine Fonck died on 4 August 1914 in Thimister.
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Antoine Fonck was a military personnel.
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Antoine Fonck was Belgian.
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