Sunday 22 April 2007

Private Willie Beaudin

Born on 16 August 1896 in Gaspé, Quebec - son of Mr. E. Beaudin, Hull, Quebec - recruitment form notes present address in Hull, Quebec, married, Roman Catholic, trade as mill hand, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 7 inches, chest of 37 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, black hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, on 14 February 1918 (number 3320609) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 9 or 10 August 1918 - struck off the strength of the battalion on 16 June 1919.

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