Monday 13 August 2007

Acting-Corporal Owen Charles Cadieux

Born on 4 January 1894 in Quyou, Quebec - son of Isaac Cadieux, Quyou, Quebec - enlistment records provide the following: present address in Quyou, Quebec, trade as conductor, single, no current or previous military service, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest of 38 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair.

Joined the 109th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Lindsay, Ontario, on 15 January 1916 (number 724156) - taken on the strength of the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion on 4 or 6 December 1916 - wounded on 9 April 1917 - invalided to England on 14 April 1917 - later served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps.

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