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Hubert and his brother Camille arrived in Québec as farm labor in April 1914 and had the intention in becoming permanent residents.
He previously served with the 64th Composite Regiment. Enlisted in the 206th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he left for Bermuda with the 163rd Battalion, then for Liverpool, England, where he arrived on December 6, 1916, to be assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion. Transferred to the 22nd Battalion on September 2, 1917, he landed in France on the 6th and went to the front line on November 24. He was wounded in action on May 27, 1918 by shrapnel from grenades during a hand-to-hand assault on a German trench east of Boisleux-Saint-Marc, near Meercalel.
On 28 May 1918, the 22nd Battalion was on the front lines East of Boisleux-Saint-Marc and Hubert took part in a raid against an enemy post near Boiry-Becquerelle. On the objective, he was severely wounded from a grenade shrapnel to the abdomen and he died of his wounds at No. 56 Casualty clearing station in Gézaincourt.
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Private Hubert Debons
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Private Hubert Debons
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Private Hubert Debons
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Private Hubert Debons
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 395 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Gezaincourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, situated 2 kilometres to the south-west of the town of Doullens, and BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south of the village. There is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost in Gezaincourt village opposite the Chateau entrance.
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