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Military service
Service number:
62124
Age:
17
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
February 10, 1899
Montréal (Immaculée-Conception)
Enlistment:
January 7, 1915
St-Jean
Death:
October 31, 1916
Parchim, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 10.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Paul-Armand Lescarbeault. Son of Michel Lescarbeault and Georgiana Gratton, of Montréal, Québec. He had declared to be born on February 11th, 1896 when he enlisted. Two weeks later, his brother Albert also lied about his age and joined the 22nd Battalion.
Reported missing on October 4th, 1916 after the assault on the Regina Trench at Courcelette, Armand had in fact been seriously wounded and taken prisoner of war. He died of his wounds at Parchim Hospital in northern Germany.
Digital gallery of Private Armand Lescarbeau
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Grave marker
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Circumstances of death registers
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Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 9 December 1916
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Private Armand Lescarbeau
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Lescarbeau
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Lescarbeau
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 118 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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