Private Albert LeBlanc

Baptized Moïse Leblanc, he was known as Aimé Leblanc in the 1881 and 1901 censuses and was recorded as Aimé Leblanc on his 1905 marriage certificate. He served under the name Albert Leblanc.

Son of Moïse Leblanc and Célina Therrien of Saint-Martin-de-Laval, Québec. He was the father of Anne, Joseph Marcel Arthur, Joseph Charles James, and Anne Blanche Anita Lorette Leblanc. He was the brother of Private Moïse Leblanc, service number 660750, who served with the 22nd Battalion and survived the war.

Husband of Marie-Louise Daoust, whom he married in 1905, of Montréal, Québec.

He enlisted in the 41st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, and sailed for Great Britain on October 16, 1915, landing at Plymouth, England, on October 28. On March 15, 1916, he was transferred to the 23rd Reserve Battalion, and on April 15 to the 22nd Battalion. He crossed the English Channel on April 16 and arrived in France, rejoining his unit on May 6. On October 4, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette on the Somme, he was wounded while taking part in the capture of Regina Trench. He returned to duty with his battalion on November 18. He was killed in action on February 26, 1917, in the Bois des Alleux, near Mont-Saint-Éloi, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Upon enlistment, he used only the initial “A.” Leblanc (later giving Albert as his first name), claimed to be single, and stated that he had been born in 1884.

He is commemorated as Albert Leblanc in the First World War Book of Remembrance.