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Son of Alexandre Charlebois and Marie Dazé. Brother of Joseph Charlebois of Monettville, Ontario.
He was conscripted on 7 November 1917 and enlisted on 25 February 1918 in the 2nd Central Ontario Regiment of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Depot of the 2nd Quebec Regiment on 9 March 1918, he embarked for England on 9 May, arriving on 24 May. That same day, he was transferred to the 23rd Reserve Battalion, then to the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. He arrived in France on 9 September and was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on the 11th, moving to the front line on the 12th. On 14 October 1918, he was wounded in action at the Canal du Nord during the Battle of Cambrai. Admitted to the 5th Canadian General Hospital in Rouen, Normandy, he died there on the 18th.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 699 of 958. -
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Private Fred Charlebois
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Charlebois
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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