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Baptized Joseph-Hector-Avila Ledoux, but he was known as Ovila Ledoux.
Son of Alfred Ledoux and Alida Messier, of Montréal (St-Henri), Québec.
He stated being born in St-Henri on September 10, 1896 when he enlisted.
A founding member of the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 8, he was assigned to Company D. On the 15th, he crossed the English Channel and landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, with the first contingent of that unit. On October 27, 1916, he was awarded the Good Conduct Badge. On April 9, 1917, during the Battle of Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, he was wounded by a bullet in his right arm. He returned to duty on May 10. On November 11, 1918, he reported to the 6th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station due to illness. On the 12th, he was transferred to the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, where he died of influenza on November 16, 1918. He was buried in Auberchicourt, Nord.
Military Medal for bravery in action during the Battle of Amiens on August 8-9, 1918. (Canadian Army Routine Order 4276, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, September1, 1918)
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Auberchicourt British Cemetery
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Auberchicourt British Cemetery
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Private Ovila Ledoux
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Private Ovila Ledoux
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Private Ovila Ledoux
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Private Ovila Ledoux
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Private Ovila Ledoux
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Page 447 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Nord, France
Auberchicourt is a commune mining village in the Department of the Nord, 11.5 kilometres east of Douai on the road to Valenciennes and AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is one kilometre west of the village on the northside of the road to Erchin, 300 yards away from the Communal Cemetery.
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