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Son of André Leblanc (deceased in 1912) and Adélia Bélisle, of Montréal, Québec.
Enlisted in the 41st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on October 16, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 28th. On February 29, 1916, he was assigned to the 23rd Reserve Battalion at Shorncliffe. On April 15 of that year, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and crossed the English Channel on the 16th, with the 23rd Reserve Battalion, landing in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, that same day. From April 16 to May 6, 1916, he was under the command of the Canadian Army Base Depot. He then rejoined his unit at the front.
On May 21st, 1916, in the trenches of St. Eloi, Ypres, Belgium, he was seriously wounded by a shrapnel wound to the leg and evacuated immediately to France to the No. 2 Stationary Hospital in Boulogne. After two weeks he was deemed sufficiently stabilized to be transferred to England and on June 5th he was admitted to Graylingwell War Hospital in Chichester, Sussex. Unfortunately, two hours after admission he was struck with a severe hemorrhage and died nine hours later at 12:45.
Digital gallery of Private Émile Leblanc
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Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 8 June 1916 -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 11 July 1916 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker at Chichester Cemetery. Image taken 11 June 2014 by Tom Tulloch. -
Grave marker
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Private Émile Leblanc
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Leblanc
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Leblanc
Digital gallery of
Private Émile Leblanc
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Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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