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Last Post Fund
The Last Post Fund Corporation ((フランス語:Fonds du Souvenir)) commonly referred to as the Last Post Fund is a Canadian non-profit organization established with the mandate to ensure that no Canadian "Veteran is denied a dignified funeral and burial, as well as a military gravestone, due to insufficient funds at time of death." While not a government program, the Last Post Fund has been mandated to "deliver the program on behalf of Veterans Affairs Canada." Established in Montreal in 1909, the fund has grown from a private fundraising organization to a nationwide program supported by federal funds and private donation. The fund established the National Field of Honour in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, which it uses as a cemetery for Canadian veterans and is a National Historic Sites of Canada.
==History==
In 1908 two Montreal police officers found a homeless man (James Daly), who they took to the hospital. The man was presumed drunk, and they staff set him to "sleep it off". Arthur Hair the head orderly of the hospital went to check on the man and saw an envelope in his pocket which he recognized as honorable discharge papers from the British War Office. Daly had served with the British military for over 20 years. Two days later Daly died (he had hypothermia and malnutrition, not drunk), as his body was unclaimed it was to be donated to research (as per standard practice). Not satisfied with what would happen to the veteran, Hair raised money to give him a proper burial at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery. The Last Post Fund was established in Montreal a year later with the mandate of "ensuring that no eligible Veteran is deprived of a dignified funeral and burial, and of a military grave marker, for a lack of financial resources at time of death". Initially the fund was financed through private donation, in 1921 it was incorporated and began receiving funds from the Government of Canada. Initially Catholic veterans were buried in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery whilst Protestants were buried in Mount Royal Cemetery. As the two cemeteries filled the Quebec division of the Last Post Fund purchased land in Pointe-Claire, Quebec in 1929, which they developed into the National Field of Honour, established a year later.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lastpostfund.ca/EN/aboutus.php )〕
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