Private David Boileau
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1896-06-13
Place of birth: St Jean Chrysostome Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Father: David Boileau, Easthampton, Massachusetts
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Hemmingford, Quebec
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1965-12-17
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 3155397
Highest Rank:
Private
(24th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private (Army).
- Private, 22nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private, 24th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: WIA Battle of Amiens, 8 August 1918
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
50431
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B0848-S064
Uploader's Notes:
Boileau was severely wounded on the first day of the battle of Amiens by what was described as GSW that left a "Groover scar" on his right thigh. He was discharged 18 Feb 1919 as medically unfit. His battalions in order were 22nd, 24th, 23rd R. He died at the Queen Mary Veterans Hospital in Montreal in 1965.
He is remembered on the town war memorial in Easthampton, Massachusetts as well as on the monument erected by the West Boylston Manufacturing Co. in that town to commemorate its two hundred workers who served.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Depot Battalion, 2nd Quebec Regiment Private Army Canadian Infantry 22nd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 23rd Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 24th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2007-04-27
Last modified: 2007-04-29