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Private Joffre Barbeau

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Military service

Service number: E/4644
Age: 21
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth: August 17, 1918 Montreal, Québec
Enlistment: November 15, 1939 Montreal, Québec
Death: June 2, 1940 Gulf of St. Lawrence

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 14.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Barbeau and Éveline Trudeau of Montréal, Quebec. Brother of Private Roméo Barbeau, who fought in Europe with the Royal 22e Régiment. He survived the war.

On 12 June 1939, he enlisted in the Régiment de Châteauguay - NPAM - regimental number 360, to receive basic training. On 15 November 1939, he enlisted with the Royal 22e Régiment in Montreal, Quebec, regimental number E-4644. Sent to England on 9 December 1939, he left on 25 May 1940 in a depressed state aboard the SS Duchess of Bedford. He was reported missing in the Gulf of St Lawrence on 2 June 1940. He drowned.

Additional citations

1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Bar.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 10 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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