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Flight Sergeant Joseph Evariste Adrien Thibaudeau

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Military service

Service number: R/94389
Age: 21
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 428 Ghost Squadron
Birth: July 28, 1921 St. Eustache
Enlistment: April 28, 1941
Death: May 5, 1943

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Coll. Grave 4.
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Son of Dr. Adrien and Mrs. Gabrielle (née Foisy) Thibaudeau. Brother of Jean Claude and Claudine Thibaudeau.

Adrien, as he was known, enjoyed playing the piano and organ, learning languages, horseback riding, skiing, photography, music and literature. He was also the editor of the University of Montréal newspaper. He spoke French, English and Spanish, wrote Greek and Latin, and read Italian and German. He held a Bachelor of Arts (classical studies) and was a first-year law and sociology student.

F/S Thibaudeau was killed on May 5, 1943 when his Vickers Wellington Bomber was shot down by a German fighter over The Netherlands. F/S Thibaudeau was killed on May 5, 1943 when his Vickers Wellington Bomber was shot down by a German fighter over The Netherlands.

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Page 219 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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WILNIS GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands

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