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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, into a family of modest income. He lost both of his parents in childhood and was raised by his grandmother. He later worked as a shopkeeper at the Grand Bazaar of Liège.
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. A monument was later erected at the spot where he died.




See also






= First soldiers killed in World War I

=
Albert Mayer, the first soldier and first Imperial German Army soldier killed, August 2, 1914
Jules-André Peugeot, the first French Army soldier killed, August 2, 1914
John Parr, the first British Army soldier killed, August 21, 1914
Thomas Enright, one of the first three American Army soldiers killed, November 3, 1917
Merle Hay, one of the first three American Army soldiers killed, November 3, 1917
James Bethel Gresham, one of the first three American Army soldiers killed, November 3, 1917




= Last soldiers killed in World War I

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George Edwin Ellison, the last British Army soldier killed, at 9:30 a.m. November 11, 1918
Augustin Trébuchon, the last French Army soldier killed, at 10:45 a.m. November 11, 1918
Marcel Toussaint Terfve, the last Belgian Army soldier killed, at 10:45 a.m. November 11, 1918
George Lawrence Price, the last Canadian Army soldier killed, at 10:58 a.m. November 11, 1918
Henry Gunther, the last soldier and last American Army soldier killed, at 10:59 a.m. November 11, 1918




References






External links


Media related to Antoine-Adolphe Fonck at Wikimedia Commons
Antoine Fonck at Find a Grave

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• Antoine Fonck
• Marcel Toussaint Terfve
• Albert Mayer (soldier)
• Augustin Trébuchon
• John Parr (British Army soldier)
• Jules-André Peugeot
• Merle Hay
• James Bethel Gresham
• Thomas Enright
• 1914 in Belgium