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Apr 23, 1882
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Born in Ottawa, Ontario to Moise and Elmire (nee
Ouellette) Charlebois
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Mar 21, 1914
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Married to Marie Blanche Alice Deslauriers in
Hull, Quebec
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Jun 26, 1916
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Attested into the 230th Battalion CEF
in Hull, Quebec
Ø Number 1012353
Ø Next of kin given as Bertha
Charlebois, wife, 34 Beechwood, Ave., Eastview, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Carpenter
o Later noted as Joiner
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Roman
Catholic
Ø Posted to No. 2 Company
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Oct 30, 1916
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Forfeited 1 day’s pay for an unrecorded offence
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Jan 24, 1917
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Embarked the SS Scandinavian in Halifax, Nova
Scotia
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Jan 30, 1917
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Forfeited 3 day’s pay for an unrecorded offence
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Feb 6, 1917
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded
to London and Taken On Strength of the Canadian Forestry Corps
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Feb 19, 1917
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Transferred to the Canadian Forestry Corps in
France
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Feb 23, 1917
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Disembarked in Havre, France and posted to No. 24 Company
Canadian Forestry Corps near Conches, France
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Mar 14, 1917
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Attached to the No. 14 Company, Canadian Forestry
Corps in Conches, France
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Apr 6, 1917
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Ceased to be attached to No. 14 Company and
attached to No. 23 Company
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Jun 9, 1917
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Sentenced to 3 days Field Punishment No. 2 for
being absent from June 7 to June 8, 1917 and forfeited a total of 5 day’s pay
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Jul 16, 1917
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Sentenced to 3 days Field Punishment No. 2 for
being absent from July 13 to July 15, 1917 and forfeited a total of 6 day’s
pay
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Aug 6, 1917
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Sentenced to 3 days Field Punishment No. 2 for
being absent from August 3 until being arrested August 6 by police and
forfeited at total of 6 day’s pay
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Sep 23, 1917
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Transferred to No. 23 Company near Conches,
France from No. 24 Company
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Dec 31, 1917
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Arrested and taken into custody to await trial
for theft from, and assault on, a French citizen
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Jan 24, 1918
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Tried by Field General Court Martial in Rouen,
France and charged with
1.
Theft
of a bottle of wine from a café in Elbeuf, France
2.
Assault
on café
owner in Elbeuf, France
After testimony was given, he was found Not
Guilty of charge No. 2, but Guilty of charge No. 1 and sentenced to 6 months
confinement in hard labour.
He proceeded to the No. 1 Military Prison in
Rouen to serve his sentence
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Apr 23, 1918
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3 months of his sentence was remitted on the
condition that he be transferred to a front line infantry battalion and he
was released from prison.
Joined the CGBD (Canadian General Base Depot) in
Etaples, France
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Apr 28, 1918
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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May 4, 1918
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Joined the No. 2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base
Depot) in Etaples
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May 12, 1918
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After leaving the base depot, Private Charlebois
joined the 21st Battalion in the front line at Mercatel, France
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Aug 26, 1918
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During fighting west of the Sensee River,
south-west of Vis en Artois, France, Private Charlebois received shrapnel
wounds to his right hip and was evacuated to the No. 10 CFA (Canadian Field
Ambulance) for first aid before being transported to a CCS (Casualty Clearing
Station)
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Aug 27, 1918
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Transferred to the No. 13 Canadian General
Hospital in Boulogne, France
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Aug 30, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Pieter de Coninck
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the No.
15 Canadian General Hospital in Taplow
Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Mar 22, 1919
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Granted 10 days sick leave
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Apr 16, 1919
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Transferred to the No. 5 Canadian General
Hospital in Kirkdale, Liverpool
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May 21, 1919
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Embarked the Hospital Ship Araguaya in Liverpool
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May 31, 1919
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Disembarked in Portland, Maine, USA and proceeded
to Kingston, Ontario where he was Taken On Strength of Military District
Depot No. 3 Casualty Company
On arrival in Kingston, he was admitted to the
Queen’s University Military Hospital for ongoing treatment of his hip wound
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Aug 1, 1919
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Transferred to the Sir Sandford Fleming
Convalescent Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario
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Sep 16, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø Entitled to War Service Badge
Class “A”
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Billings Bridge, Ontario Post Office
He was discharged to the care of the SCR (Soldier
Civil Re-establishment) Department for ongoing treatment of his hip wound
Following his discharge, the British War Medal
and Victory Medals were sent to him at 42 George St., Ottawa, Ontario
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Mar 1, 1930
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Napoleon Charlebois died while a patient of the
Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario of brain damage caused by falling
from a scaffold the previous day. He
was buried in the Notre Dame Cemetery in Ottawa
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