Private Victor Labbé

Baptized Joseph Louis Victor Labbé. Son of Napoléon Labbé and Georgianna St-Onge, Sherbrooke, Québec. Brother of Private Napoléon Alexandre Labbé, service number D/82615, of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, who was hospitalized at the military hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1943.

He enlisted in the Maisonneuve Regiment on March 8, 1943, and was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment. He sailed for Great Britain on March 11, 1943, and arrived on the 18th. Assigned to the 6th Canadian Reinforcement Unit at Camp Witley, he was accidentally struck by a jeep on May 8, 1943. He died of his injuries on the 9th at 8:40 a.m. at the 14th Canadian General Hospital in Burstow, Surrey, England. He was buried on the 14th at Brookwood. A joint inquiry conducted with a coroner concluded that it was an accident for which no one was at fault. He had served for 1,183 days, including 59 days overseas.