Private Antoine Laviolette
Survivor of WW1
General Information
Conflict:
WW1
Regimental No.:
2158553, 243042
Cause of Death (in war):
Survived
Branch:
Canadian Army
Regiment:
Battalion:
Special Service Battalion, No. 3 Company
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Ormstown, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
19 years 4 months
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
19 years 8 months
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Labourer
Next of Kin:
Yvonne Laviolette (wife), Cornwall, Ontario
Address at Enlistment:
Cornwall, Ontario
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Place of Enlistment:
Kingston, Ontario
Was a Prisoner of War:
Height:
5 ft 7.0 in / 170 cm
Weight:
135 lbs / 61 kg
Chest:
33.0 in / 84 cm
Expansion:
3.0 in / 8 cm
Marital Status:
Married
Prior Military Experience:
Yes
Saw Service in:
Canada
Place of Discharge:
Kingston, Ontario
Discharge Type:
Discharge due to Courts Martial
Discharge Notes:
Deserter
Battle Died/Wounded:
Length of Service:
121 days in service
Buried at:
Links
Ranks
| Conflict |
Rank |
Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW1 |
Private |
|
Canadian Army |
Special Service Battalion, No. 3 Company |
|
|
|
| Kingston posting; S.O.S. as deserter 22 Sep 1917. |
| WW1 |
Private |
|
Canadian Army |
Forestry Reinforcing Draft |
|
|
|
| Second CEF enlistment; transferred effective 21 Jun 1917. |
| WW1 |
Private |
|
Canadian Army |
206th Battalion |
|
|
|
| First CEF enlistment; S.O.S. medically unfit 26 Jun 1916. |
Service Chronology
1898-01-01 — Born — structured DOB from repeated 1917 records; 1916 attestation gives an alternate birth date of 18 Mar 1897
1916-03-02 — Enlisted as Private 243042, 206th Battalion
1916-06-12 — Medical Board found him unfit for military service; disability pre-existed enlistment and was not caused or aggravated by service
1916-06-26 — Struck off strength medically unfit, 206th Battalion
1917-05-24 — Re-enlisted as Private 2158553 with Forestry Reinforcing Draft
1917-05-24 — Family particulars record wife Yvonne, infant son Joseph Edmond, mother Emma living, father deceased
1917-05-25 — Signed will leaving personal estate to wife Yvonne Laviolette
1917-06-21 — Transferred from Forestry Reinforcing Draft to Special Service Battalion, No. 3 Company
1917-09-22 — Struck off strength as a deserter
Notes
Labourer; Roman Catholic. Born at Ormstown, Quebec. The 1917 medical examination recorded height 5 ft 7½ in, weight 135 lb, chest 30–33 in, good physical development and a scar on the outer side of the left leg. The 1916 medical-board record gives a detailed pre-service condition involving underdeveloped calf muscles and multiple adherent scars.
Additional Service Notes
The file documents two CEF enlistments by the same man. Antoine Laviolette first enlisted at Valleyfield, Quebec, on 2 March 1916 as Private 243042, 206th Battalion. A medical board at Valcartier Camp Hospital on 12 June 1916 found him medically unfit because of pre-existing poor development of the calf muscles and multiple adherent scars; the condition was not attributed to or aggravated by service. His casualty form records him struck off strength medically unfit at Valcartier on 26 June 1916. He enlisted again on 24 May 1917 as Private 2158553 with the Forestry Reinforcing Draft. He was transferred from the Forestry Reinforcing Draft to the Special Service Battalion, No. 3 Company, at Kingston effective 21 June 1917. The casualty form records him struck off strength as a deserter on 22 September 1917. The 1917 attestation also records four months' previous service with the 69th Regiment.
Additional Next of Kin Notes
By the 1917 enlistment Antoine Laviolette's wife, Yvonne Laviolette of Cornwall, Ontario, was his next of kin. The family form records one son, Joseph Edmond Laviolette, aged one month in May 1917. His mother, Emma Laviolette, was living at Cornwall; his father was recorded as deceased.
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