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Baptized Joseph Wallace Leblanc. Son of Philippe Leblanc and Émélie Leblanc of Memramcook (both deceased in 1902). He had declared to be born on August 3rd, 1894 at the time of his enrolment and March 8th, 1895 on a medical document of 1918. He had also declared a man named ""Arcade Leblanc"" as his next of kin, brother and heir. However, the latter (son of Pierre Leblanc and Osité Leblanc, of College Bridge, near Memramcook) was more of a cousin or friend with whom he would have stayed after his parents' death. Wallace was seriously wounded in one arm and one eye on April 2nd, 1918 in the front line trenches at Mercatel, France. He was evacuated shortly thereafter to England and during a months-long hospitalization was diagnosed with a heart condition and nephritis. He died of the combined effects of his wounds and diseases at No. 16 General Hospital in Orpington.
Enlisted in the 69th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on April 17, 1916, and landed in Liverpool, England, on the 27th. On January 4, 1917, he was assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion, and on the 20th, to the 22nd Battalion. He crossed the English Channel on the 21st and set foot in France. From May 11, 1917, to June 9, 1917, he was seconded to the 2nd Canadian Entrenchment Battalion. He was accidentally wounded on June 10 and remained hospitalized until December 17. From March 1, 1918, to the 16th, he was again seconded to the 4th Canadian Division Artillery until the 16th, after which he returned to the 22nd Battalion and died on September 10, 1918, at 3:15 a.m., as noted above.
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Photo of Wallace LeBlanc
Submitted by Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD -
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La Presse September 21st 1918 -
Memorial
Commemorative stone located at the Memramcook NB Canada Veteran's Park. (Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD) -
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Private Wallace LeBlanc
Digital gallery of
Private Wallace LeBlanc
Digital gallery of
Private Wallace LeBlanc
Digital gallery of
Private Wallace LeBlanc
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 447 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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