Saturday 28 April 2007

Private Deriva Bellefeuille

Born on 25 June 1896 in Lochire, [?] - son of Napoleon Bellefeuille, Green Valley, Ontario - attestation form notes current address in Green Valley, Ontario, trade as farmer, single, currently serving with the 59th Stormont and Glengarry Regiment, no previous military service, height of 5 feet 9.5 inches, chest of 35 inches, medium complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, Roman Catholic.

Joined the 154th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Alexandria, Ontario, on 11 January 1916 (number 633135) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 24 May 1917 - transferred to the Canadian Machine Gun Corps on 13 May 1918 - wounded on 19 October 1918.

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