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Wilfred Babin

In memory of:

Private Wilfred Babin

July 23, 1917
Cité St-Pierre, Lens, France

Military Service

Service Number:

889547

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information

Born:

March 12, 1883
Rimouski, Bas-St-Laurent, Quebec

Enlistment:

March 11, 1916
Rimouski, Bas-St-Laurent, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Ferdinand-Wilfrid Babin. Son of Fidèle Babin (deceased in the USA in 1912) and Virginie Bélanger (deceased in 1915), of Rimouski, Bas-St-Laurent, Québec.

Brother of Private Arthur Babin, 228th Battalion CEF, regimental number 2303846 replaced by 1007016, and 168th Battalion CEF, 2nd New Brunswick Forestry Company CEF, regimental number 48278, and Private Napoléon (Paul) Babin, regimental number 889507, 189th Battalion CEF. Both were discharged on medical grounds without having seen action.

He was killed in action on 1917-07-23 by a bullet to the head at Cité St-Pierre during the Battle of Lens (France) on Hill 70.

Commemorated on Page 194 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. G. 19.

Location:

Aix-Noulette is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 13 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. From Arras take the D937 towards Bethune. At Aix-Noulette, turn right at the church. The AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION are a few hundred metres on the left side of the road to Bully-Grenay.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 23 of 1072.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 23 of 1072.
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