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Ernest Dubé

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Ernest Dubé

February 14, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

416173

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 3, 1892
St-Joseph-de-Lévis (Lauzon), Québec, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 2, 1915
Valcartier, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Alfred-Ernest Dubé. Son of Rébecca Pouliot (deceased in 1894) and Edmond Dubé (remarried in 1902 to Zéphirine Plaisance), of St-Joseph-de-Lévis (Lauzon), Québec.

On 1 February 1918, the 22nd Battalion was in Brigade support trenches near Méricourt and was working to consolidate the positions. Ernest was hit by shrapnel. He was evacuated to No. 57 Casualty Clearing Station in Ansin-St-Aubin, near Arras, where he died three days later. English:

Digitized service file.

French:

Dossier de service numérisé.

Commemorated on Page 400 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ANZIN-ST AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. A. 5.

Location:

The village of Anzin-St Aubin is on the north-western outskirts of Arras and the ANZIN-ST AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY is on the northern side of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 9 of 1062.
  • Grave marker– Grave marker

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