Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Albert Duval
In memory of:
Private Albert Duval
July 7, 1921
Montréal, Quebec
Military Service
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
September 6, 1896
Montréal (Notre-Dame), Quebec
April 1, 1918
Montréal, Quebec
Son of Joseph-Napoléon Duval and Léocadie Veillette, of Montréal, Québec.
As a conscript, Albert was certainly not at the front with enthusiasm. He arrived at the 22nd Battalion on 12 September 1918 and a month later, on 9 October, during the capture of the village of Escaudoeuvres, he was seriously injured with a shrapnel in the buttock. Immediately evacuated to England, he was treated and cured of his physical wounds, but in the meantime he developed a post-traumatic psychosis. Repatriated in February 1919, he was then hospitalized permanently in psychiatry. He died of pneumonia at the St-Jean-de-Dieu Hospital in Montreal and his death was declared to be attributable to service.
Commemorated on Page 556 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada
Soldiers Plot
Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road. During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper clipping – La Presse 23 October 1918
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