Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Joffre Barbeau
In memory of:
Private Joffre Barbeau
June 2, 1940
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Military Service
E/4644
21
Army
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Bar.
Additional Information
August 17, 1918
Montreal, Quebec
November 15, 1939
Montreal, Quebec
Son of Joseph Barbeau and Éveline Trudeau of Montréal, Quebec. Brother of Private Roméo Barbeau, who fought in Europe with the Royal 22e Régiment. He survived the war.
On 12 June 1939, he enlisted in the Régiment de Châteauguay - NPAM - regimental number 360, to receive basic training. On 15 November 1939, he enlisted with the Royal 22e Régiment in Montreal, Quebec, regimental number E-4644. Sent to England on 9 December 1939, he left on 25 May 1940 in a depressed state aboard the SS Duchess of Bedford. He was reported missing in the Gulf of St Lawrence on 2 June 1940. He drowned.
Commemorated on Page 10 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 14.
The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.
On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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