Sep 27, 1891 |
Born at Jolliette Quebec
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Oct 24, 1914 |
Attested into the 21st Battalion at
Kingston Ontario
Ø Number 59048 (temporary number 156)
Ø Next of kin given as Treffle Beaudoin (father) of Moose River, Bagot
Quebec
o Later (Dec 1918) changed to Mrs Eugenie Beaudoin (wife) of Pas de
Calais, France
Ø Previous occupation given as Lineman & Operator
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Roman Catholic
Ø Assigned to B Company but later changed to A
Company
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Nov 1, 1914 |
Shown on pay sheet for 49th
Regiment, Hastings Rifles
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Nov 11, 1914 |
Shown on pay sheet for the 21st
Battalion CEF
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Mar 20, 1915 |
Admitted to Queen St. Military Hospital,
Kingston, with Bronchitis
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Apr 4, 1915 |
Transferred to the Hotel Dieu Hospital,
Kingston
Discharge date not shown
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May 6, 1915 |
Embarked the RMS Metagama at Montreal Quebec

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May 15, 1915 |
Disembarked at Devonport England and proceeded
to West Sandling Camp near Hythe, Kent
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Jul 24, 1915 |
Reported to be AWL (Absent Without Leave)
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Jul 25, 1915 |
Returned from being AWL and fined 2 days pay
and was restricted to half pay for 1 month
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Sep 14, 1915 |
Embarked the St Seiriol at Folkestone

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Sep 15, 1915 |
Disembarked at Boulogne France
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Sep 30, 1915 |
Sentenced to 28 days FP #2 (Field Punishment
#2) for neglect of duty
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Nov 30, 1915 |
Sentenced to 5 days FP #2 and 15 hours of
extra fatigues for Drunk while in Billets and absent from Parade when warned for
line of March
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Nov 24, 1916 |
Appointed to rank of Lance Corporal to replace
L/Cpl ET Shrimpton who was promoted to Cpl
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Nov 25, 1916 |
Granted 10 days leave
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Nov 26, 1916 |
Admitted to St Georges Hospital in
London with Alcoholic Poisoning
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Dec 4, 1916 |
Discharged from hospital
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Dec 22, 1916 |
Admitted to No 5 CFA (Canadian Field
Ambulance) then transferred to No 23 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) with reported
Gonorrhea
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Dec 24, 1916 |
Transferred to No 31 AT (Ambulance Transport)
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Dec 27, 1916 |
Admitted to No 39 General Hospital at Havre,
diagnosis changed to Syphilis
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Dec 28, 1916 |
Forfeits Field Allowance and placed on pay
stoppage of 50 cents per day until February 2, 1917
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Feb 2, 1917 |
Discharged from hospital to Base Depot
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Feb 3, 1917 |
Arrived at CBD (Canadian Base Depot) at Havre
and TOS (Taken on Strength) A. (this
is the company for those convalescing from illness or wounds)
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Feb 22, 1917 |
Left CBD Havre to join unit
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Feb 26, 1917 |
Joined the 21st Battalion from CBD
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Mar 16, 1917 |
Received slight shrapnel wound to forehead
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Apr 3, 1917 |
Promoted to rank of Cpl to replace Cpl GH
Gillett who was promoted
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Apr 9, 1917 |
Appointed to rank of Lance Sgt
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Jul 9, 1917 |
Awarded the Military Medal per the London
Gazette #30172

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Sep 12, 1917 |
Granted 10 days leave
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Sep 24, 1917 |
At duty from leave
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Oct 9, 1917 |
Attached to the 2nd Division
Training Battalion
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Oct 18, 1917 |
Awarded Bar to Military Medal per London
Gazette #30340

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Mar 21, 1918 |
Granted 14 days leave to Paris
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Mar 31, 1918 |
Rejoined battalion from leave
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Aug 9, 1918 |
TOS Effective Strength
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Nov 16, 1918 |
Pay records show Separation Allowance granted
to wife, Mrs E Beaudoin, although permission to marry is not recorded until January 9,
1919
It would appear that he married a
local woman within days of the Armistice
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Jan 1, 1919 |
Assignment of pay changed from father to Mrs E
Beaudoin (wife) of Contes Pas Maresquel, Pas de Calais France
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Jan 7, 1919 |
Transferred to England and posted to the EORD
(Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) and attached to the 6th Reserve Battalion at
Seaford
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Jan 28, 1919 |
Ceases to be On Command to 6th
Reserve Battalion and attached to the Depot Company, EORD
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May 7, 1919 |
Address for wife shown as 16a Malzons Rd.,
Ladywell Rd., Lewisham, London SE, England
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May 20, 1919 |
Placed On Command to 1st CDD
(Canadian Discharge Depot) at Buxton
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Jul 28, 1919 |
SOS 1st CDD Buxton on sailing for
Canada
Embarked the RMS Adriatic at Liverpool with
his wife
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Aug 2, 1919 |
TOS Halifax Clearing Services Command
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Aug 4, 1919 |
Disembarked at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Aug 6, 1919 |
Discharged from the CEF at Halifax Nova Scotia
Ø War Service Badge Class A issued, number 396590
Ø Intended place of residence GPO Actonvalle Quebec
Ø Trade shown as Electrician
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May 30, 1921 |
Address changed to 10 Amory St., Nashua, New
Hampshire, USA
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Jul 6, 1921 |
British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to 10
Amory St., Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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| Aug, 1960 |
In a letter to The Communiqué (the Battalion's post war newsletter),
Victor Crotty wrote: 
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