Corporal Paul-Eugène Jacques

Baptized Joseph Paul Eugène Jacques. He was the son of Napoléon Jacques and Armandine Messier of Montréal, Québec.

Enlisted in the Royal 22nd Regiment, he embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on December 9, 1939, and disembarked at Greenock, Scotland, on the 18th. On June 15, 1943, he was assigned to Force M and embarked for the Mediterranean to take part in Operation Husky. On July 10, he landed on the beach at Pachino, Sicily, and took part in all the engagements. On the 27th, he was wounded in action. On September 10, he landed at Reggio di Calabria on the Italian mainland. On October 6, he was wounded a second time in action and was evacuated to Great Britain, where he arrived on November 10. On April 19, 1944, he was repatriated to Canada, arriving on the 27th and immediately hospitalized in Montreal. Upon his release, he served as a clerk at headquarters. His health deteriorated, and on March 5, 1946, he was admitted to the Montreal Military Hospital until the 10th. On May 10, 1946, he was discharged for medical reasons. This was followed by a series of hospitalizations that led him to the Veterans’ Hospital in Lachine (now Montreal), where he died on October 5, 1946, of pulmonary tuberculosis.