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Baptized Joseph Édouard Hébert. Son of Joseph Hébert and Philomène Farineault of Ste-Martine, Montréal and Ste-Clotilde, Châteauguay, Québec.
He stated being born in Ste-Martine in 1897 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in Company D of the 41st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on October 18, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 28th. On March 15, 1916, he was assigned to the 23rd Reserve Battalion at Shorncliffe. On April 23, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, that same day. Also on the 23rd, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. He went to the front lines on May 14. He was first wounded in action on September 30, 1916, then reported missing on October 3, 1916, and presumed killed in action during the Battle of Courcelette, Somme, in the capture of the Regina Trench. His body was never found.
Digital gallery of Private Édouard Hébert
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Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse 9 January 1917
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 101 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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