Corporal Vénérant Curedeau

He was born at the Sœurs grises General Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, and was baptized there catholically on the 29th as Vénérant Joseph Lamarre, son of Joseph Arthur Lamarre and Emma Dumont. He was legally adopted on 24 June 1930 by Félix (alias Philippe) Curadeau and Cordianne Aubut from Rivière-au-Renard, Gaspésie, Quebec.

He enlisted in the Régiment de la Chaudière and on 16 February 1944 set sail for Great Britain, where he landed on the 25th. On 26 March 1944, he was posted to the Mediterranean theatre of operations and sailed. He was transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on the 29th and arrived in Italy on 9 April 1944. He was killed in action on 1 September 1944 during the Battle of Borgo Santa Maria. He had served 1,448 days, including 198 overseas.