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Baptized Joseph Paul Émile Leblanc. Son of Jean Pierre Leblanc and Sara-Anne Mercier, of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born in 1896 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 41st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on October 18, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 28th. On February 29, 1916, he was assigned to the 23rd Reserve Battalion at Shorncliffe, and on April 15, to the 22nd Battalion. On the 16th, he crossed the English Channel with the 23rd Battalion and landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. On May 6, he joined his new unit on the front lines during the Battle of Zillebeke, not far from Ypres, Belgium. He was seriously wounded by gunshot to the abdomen and one shoulder and by shrapnel to his right side on June 16, 1916. He was transported to the 10th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, where he died that same day at 4:15 p.m.
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La Presse - June 3rd 1916 -
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La Presse - July 5th 1916
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Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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