Tuesday 16 October 2007

Lance-Corporal Joseph Garratt Charbonneau

Born on 25 January 1893 in Ottawa, Ontario - son of Mrs. Francis Charbonneau, Ottawa, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address same as mother's, trade as insurance inspector, single, no current military service, previously served three years in the Phillipines as a trooper in the 8th Cavalry, Methodist, height of 5 feet 9.5 inches, chest of 35 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.

Joined the 207th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 10 May 1916 (number 246246) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 11 or 12 April 1918 - wounded on 2 September 1918 - invalided to England on 7 September 1918.

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