Corporal Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc

He was born in St-Hubert, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, and was baptized the next day, on June 24, 1891, in St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup. Son of Jean-Hercule Leblanc (deceased in 1908) and Appoline « Pauline » Côté, of Cabano, Témiscouata, Québec. He stated being born in Cabano when he enlisted.

Enlisted in the 189th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on September 23 and arrived in Liverpool, England, on the 6th. Upon his arrival, he was assigned to the 69th Battalion at Dibgate Camp in Shorncliffe. On January 4, 1917, he was transferred to the 10th Reserve Battalion, which was based at the same location. On the 17th, he was reassigned to the 22nd Battalion and crossed the English Channel that same day, landing in Le Havre, Normandy. On the 30th, he rejoined his new unit and moved to the front lines in the Vimy sector, Pas-de-Calais. On August 10, 1918, he took part in the Canadian attack and advance at Caix, east of Méharicourt, when he was killed instantly east of Cachy during the Battle of Amiens on the Somme. He is buried at the New British Cemetery in Caix.