Thursday 23 April 2009

Private Alphonse Gaudreau

Born on 12 March 1896 in Hull, Quebec - son of Mrs. J. Gaudreau, Rochon, Quebec - at the time of his conscription in 1918: present address same as mother, single, Roman Catholic, trade as labourer, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 6 inches, chest of 37 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 7 March 1918 (number 4025071) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 9 or 10 August 1918 - wounded on 3 September 1918 - invalided to England on 6 September 1918.

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