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Private Doué (Dweenay) Fredette

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Citation(s);

British War Medal
Victory Medal (Inter-Allied War Medal)

Military service

Service number: 417732
Age: 32
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: September 28, 1884 Treadwell, Plantagenet, Prescott, Ontario
Enlistment: August 21, 1915 Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Death: September 30, 1916 Courcelette, Pas-de-Calais, France

Burial/memorial information

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Additional information

Widower of Albertine Mongeau (deceased in 1912). Father of Joseph Albert Lucien and Marie Albertine Rollande Fredette.  Son of Gédéon Fredette and Adéline Rougeau, of Plantagenet, Prescott, Ontario.

In the records of Plantagenet and of Ontario, he is inscribed as “Joseph Frédet”. The first name “Doué” was then used and can be seen in the 1901 census. Over the years, “Doué” was anglicized phonetically “Dewey”. The army changed the spelling to “Dweenay” when he enlisted and he is inscribed as such in the First World War records. The first name “Doué” is very uncommon but still used.

Enlisted in the 37th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, service number 409564 replaced by 417732, he was incorporated into the 41st Battalion. He sailed for Great Britain on October 18, 1915, and landed at Plymouth, England, on the 28th. Temporarily assigned to the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles on June 6, 1916, he crossed into France on the 7th and joined this unit in combat on the 9th. On June 23, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion, which he joined on the 24th. On July 10, 1916, he moved up to the front line. He was killed in action on September 30, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette, Pas-de-Calais, while attempting to capture the Regina trench. His body was never found.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 88 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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