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Military service
Service number:
448870
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
August 17, 1896
Corbeil (North Bay), Nipissing, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 15, 1915
Québec, Québec
Death:
October 3, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Louis Aubin. Son of Jean-Baptiste Aubin and Philomène Fournier, of Corbeil (North Bay), Nipissing, Ontario. He was enrolled officially on 15 December 1915 but in fact, he had served since 29 October. He served previously during five weeks with the 97th Regiment.
Missing in action between 30 September 1916 and 4 October 1916 during the battle of Courcelette, he was declared killed in action on the 3rd October.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal.
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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) -
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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)
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Private Joseph Aubin
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Aubin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 48 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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