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Name Joseph Kaeble No. 889958 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1009 Awards VC
Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force, 22nd Battalion, Quebec (Canadien Francais) Regiment
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth St Moise, Matane County, Quebec, Canada
Place Of Death Neuville-Vitasse, France
Buried/Location Ashes Wanquetin Communal Cemetery & Extension, 7 miles west of Arras, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 2, Row A, Grave 8
Gazetted 16 September 1918
VC Presented 16 December 1918 by the Governor-General of Canada, Duke of Devonshire at Rimouski, Quebec, Canada to his mother
Memorials
P Headstone, Wanquetin Communal Cemetery & Extension, 7 miles west of Arras, Pas de Calais, France
Memorial Plaque, Sayabec Parish Church, Quebec, Canada
Named on Cenotaph, Municpel Park, Sayabec, Quebec, Canada
P Bust, Valiants Memorial, Confederation Square, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
P Bust, The Citadel, Quebec, Canada
Memorial Plaque, Royal 22e Regimental Museum, The Citadel, Quebec, Canada
P Victoria Cross Commemoration Paving Stone, National Memorial, Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rue Kaeble, Sayabec, Quebec, Canada
By The Way…
The first French Canadian to win the Victoria Cross.
VC Held By
Royal 22e Regimental Museum, La Citadel, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
BORN 5 May 1893
DIED 9 June 1918 AGE 25
VC Won 8-9 June 1918 AGE 25
Place VC Won Neuville-Vitasse, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
