Oct 7, 1884
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Born at Valcourt
County, Shefford Quebec
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Aug 17, 1915
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Attested into
the 59th Battalion at Barriefield Camp, Kingston Ontario
Ø Number 455394
Ø Next of kin given as Peter Proulx (brother-in-law) of Valcourt Quebec
Ø Previous occupation given as Clerk
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Roman Catholic
Ø There is a note that the medical actually took place at Mattawa
Ontario
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Sep 4, 1915
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Given 168 hours
of detention with a pay stoppage of $2.30
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Nov 12, 1915
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Given 28 days
detention
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Apr 5, 1916
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Embarked the SS
Olympic at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Apr 11, 1916
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Disembarked at
Liverpool England
Appointed to
provisional rank of L/Cpl
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Apr 15, 1916
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Reported to be
AWL (Absent Without Leave)
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Apr 17, 1916
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Reports for duty
from AWL
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Apr 18, 1916
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Forfeits 3
day’s pay and reverts to rank of Pte for being AWL
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Apr 21, 1916
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Reported to be
AWL
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Apr 22, 1916
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Reported to be
seen drunk at 7:40 pm
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Apr 23, 1916
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Reports for duty
from AWL
Fined $2 plus
forfeits 5 day’s pay and in addition sentenced to 4 days FP (Field Punishment) #2
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Apr 26, 1916
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Fined $2 and
forfeits 5 day’s pay
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May 10, 1916
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Sentenced to 8
days detention for Drunkenness and forfeits 8 day’s pay
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Jun 15, 1916
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Admitted to
Military Hospital at Shorncliffe with Gonorrhea
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Jun 19, 1916
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Transferred to
Special Division General Hospital at Bulford
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Jul 5, 1916
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Discharged from
hospital
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Jul 6, 1916
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TOS (Taken On
Strength) the 39th Battalion at West Sandling Camp
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Jul 13, 1916
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Discharged from
hospital
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Aug 17, 1916
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SOS (Struck Off
Strength) on transfer to 21st Battalion
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Aug 18, 1916
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Arrived at CBD
(Canadian Base Depot) at Havre France and is TOS the 21st Battalion
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Aug 29, 1916
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Joined the 2nd
Entrenching Battalion in the field for additional training
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Sep 17, 1916
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Joined the 21st
Battalion in the field
The Battalion was involved in heavy
fighting in the Courcelette area
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Sep 28, 1916
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Wounded in left
hand by shrapnel in the fighting at Courcelette and admitted to CCS (Casualty Clearing
Station)
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Oct 3, 1916
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Admitted to No
10 General Hospital with a shrapnel wound to left thumb Rouen
Invalided to
England aboard the Hospital Ship Lanfranc
Transferred
to CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) Folkstone while in hospital
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Oct 5, 1916
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Admitted to
Smithson War Hospital at Greenock Scotland
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Nov 18, 1916
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Transferred to
Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Woodcote Park, Epsom
While here
complained of pain and swelling in left knee
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Dec 21, 1916
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Reported to be
AWL for 3 days
$3.30
forfeiture of pay
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Jan 13, 1917
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Complains of ear
aches
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Jan 22, 1917
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Reported to be
AWL
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Jan 23, 1917
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Discharged from
Canadian Convalescent Hospital and transferred to CCAC Folkstone
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Jan 24, 1917
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Reported for
duty from being AWL
Awarded 5
days FP #2
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Jan 30, 1917
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Medical Board at
Hastings makes note of shrapnel wound to left hand and injured left knee. Declare him to be Category “B3” which
allows him to do sedentary work only
Awarded 18
days FP #2
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Feb 2. 1917
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Placed On
Command for Garrison Duty at Hastings
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Feb 16, 1917
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Awarded 1 day FP
#2
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Mar 10, 1917
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Transferred to
EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) at Seaford
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Aug 10, 1917
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Awarded 7 days
FP #2 for drunkenness
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Nov 20, 1917
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Medical Board at
Seaford notes intermittent attacks of synovitis of left knee and recommends he be
invalided to Canada
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Feb 14, 1918
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Placed On
Command to 6th Reserve Battalion at Seaford
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Feb 21, 1918
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Ceases to be On
Command to 6th Reserve Battalion and is admitted to No 5 Canadian Military
Hospital Kirkdale
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Mar 28, 1918
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Invalided to
Canada aboard the Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, having embarked at Liverpool
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Apr 7, 1918
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Disembarked at
Halifax Nova Scotia
Posted to
Military District No 3 at Kingston for treatment
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Apr 11, 1918
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Admitted to QMH
(Queen’s Military Hospital) Kingston Ontario with effects of chronic synovitis of
left knee
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Apr 18, 1918
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Posted to
Hospital Section at QMH and granted leave with subsistence until May 7
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May 7, 1918
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Returned from
leave
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May 14, 1918
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Granted leave
with subsistence until May 28, 1918
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May 30, 1918
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Medical Board at
Queen’s Military Hospital, Kingston makes note of shrapnel wound to left hand and
synovitis in left knee.
Note is also
made of 2 incidents of Gonorrhea, one being in 1912, prior to attestation.
Recommends he
be discharged with “disability aggravated by vice & service, but the primary
lesion acquired previous to enlistment”
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Jun 14, 1918
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Discharged from
the CEF at Kingston Ontario as Medically Unfit for further service
Proposed
residence on discharge – Valcourt Quebec
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Jun 18, 1918
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Discharged from
QMH
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Jun 17, 1919
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Attested into
the 4th Detachment Canadian Garrison Regiment, Military District No 4 at
Montreal Quebec
Ø Number 455394
Ø Next of kin given as Moise Lachapelle (father) of Valcourt County
Shefford Quebec
Ø Previous occupation given as Merchant-Clerk
Ø Previous military experience given as 59th Regiment 1 year
and 21st Regiment 2 years (both should read “Battalion”)
Ø Previous discharge by reason of Sickness
Ø Medical passed as category “D2”
o this
was a special group to include all other ranks of any unit under medical treatment, who on
completion would rejoin their original category.
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Jul 26, 1919
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Admitted to the
Montreal Military Hospital with Tonsillitis which was later changed to read Diphtheria
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Jul 29, 1919
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Transferred to
the Alexandra Hospital Montreal
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Jul 31, 1919
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TOS District
Depot #4 at Montreal from the 4th Garrison Regiment and posted to the Casualty
Company
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Aug 5, 1919
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Transferred from
Casualty Company to the Hospital Section
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Aug 15, 1919
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Discharged from
hospital and transferred to the Casualty Company
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Aug 18, 1919
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Discharged from
the CEF on Demobilization at Montreal Quebec
Proposed
residence on Discharge – Valcourt County, Shefford Quebec
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Dec 6, 1921
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British War
Medal and Victory Medal sent to #5 3rd Street, Cobalt Ontario
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Dec 1, 1929 |
Died from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills
St Mary's Cemetery
North Bay Ontario
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