Tuesday 16 October 2007

Private Leo Paul Charbonneau

Born on 1 December 1891 in Hull, Quebec - son of F. Charbonneau, Ottawa, Ontario - recruitment records provide the following: present address same as father's, single, Roman Catholic, trade as barber, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 6 inches, chest of 34 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, hazel eyes, black hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 23 January 1918 (number 3320443) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 10 or 11 June 1918 - killed in action on 27 September 1918 - buried in Quarry Wood Cemetery (grave III.A.15), France.

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