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Baptized Joseph-Ferdinand-Wilfrid Babin. Son of Fidèle Babin (deceased in the USA in 1912) and Virginie Bélanger (deceased in 1915), of Rimouski, Bas-St-Laurent, Québec.
Brother of Private Arthur Babin, 228th Battalion CEF, regimental number 2303846 replaced by 1007016, and 168th Battalion CEF, 2nd New Brunswick Forestry Company CEF, regimental number 48278, and Private Napoléon (Paul) Babin, regimental number 889507, 189th Battalion CEF. Both were discharged on medical grounds without having seen action.
He was killed in action on 1917-07-23 by a shrapnel to the head at Cité St-Pierre during the Battle of Lens (France) on Hill 70.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 23 of 1072. -
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Private Wilfred Babin
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Private Wilfred Babin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 194 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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