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Military service
Service number:
417425
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
May 26, 1886
Grande-Rivière, Gaspésie, Québec
Enlistment:
July 7, 1915
Montréal, Québec
Death:
September 30, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8.A. 12.
Additional information
Baptized Guillaume Dubé but his first name was changed for William between the 1891 and 1901 censuses. Son of Fabien Dubé (deceased in 1913) and Élizabeth Dupuis (remarried to Benjamin Dubé in May 1916), of Grande-Rivière, Gaspésie, Québec. He stated being born on 25 May 1890 when he enlisted.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Dubé
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 19 of 1062. -
Grave Marker
Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
La Presse 23 February 1917
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Private William Dubé
Digital gallery of
Private William Dubé
Digital gallery of
Private William Dubé
Digital gallery of
Private William Dubé
Digital gallery of
Private William Dubé
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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