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Military service
Service number:
417018
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
February 13, 1889
Barachois-de-Malbaie, Gaspésie, Québec
Enlistment:
March 24, 1915
Hull, Outaouais, Québec
Death:
June 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Émile Rail. Son of Sylvestre Réhel (deceased in 1903) and Marguerite Girard (deceased in 1913).
He successively declared his brother Jean-Baptiste Rail and Nicolas Réhel, of Barachois-de-Malbaie, as next-of-kin.
Please note that this family name changed from « Réhel » to « Rail » at that time, but some decided to keep the old spelling.
He stated being born in Gaspé on January 9, 1891 when he enlisted.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Rail
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 20 May 1916
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Rail
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Rail
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 151 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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