Wednesday 31 January 2007

Private Louis Fortune Badelino

Born on 28 January 1886 in Fulham, England - son of Louis Eloi Fortune Badelino and Mary Ann Badelino, England - brother of Miss Bertha Badelino, Streatham, England - enlistment form notes present address in Ottawa, Ontario, single, Roman Catholic, trade as porter, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 3 inches, chest of 36 inches, swarthy complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, on 11 January 1918 (number 4020900) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 9 or 10 August 1918 - killed in action on 29 September 1918 - buried in Bourlon Wood Cemetery, France.

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