Private Belame Malboeuf

Belame Malboeuf was born at Valleyfield, Quebec, on 2 November 1875. A married Roman Catholic labourer, he enlisted at Valleyfield on 16 March 1916 as Private 660734 with the 163rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He went overseas in 1916, served in England and transferred to the Canadian Forestry Corps, with which he served in France as a member of 32nd Company. He returned to Canada early in 1919 and received medical assessment and hospital care in the Montreal area. He was discharged on demobilization at Montreal on 24 May 1919.

1875-11-02 — Born at Valleyfield, Quebec.
1916-03-16 — Enlisted/attested at Valleyfield as Private 660734, 163rd Battalion, C.E.F.
1916-11-18 — Embarked overseas from Bermuda with the 163rd Battalion.
1916-12-06 — Arrived/disembarked in England aboard S.S. Metagama.
1917-01-07 — Struck off strength of 163rd Battalion and transferred to 10th Reserve Battalion at Shoreham; taken on strength by 10th Reserve Battalion the same day.
1917-04-04 — Transferred from 10th Reserve Battalion to 2nd Quebec Regimental Depot, Shoreham, and taken on strength there.
1917-04-23 — Taken on strength of Canadian Forestry Corps.
1917-04-27 to 1917-05-01 — Posted from Canadian Forestry Corps Base Depot for 32nd Company, France; movement summary records proceeded to France 27 April.
1918-04-05 — Myalgia; classified B1 in the field.
1918-08-25 — Gave a French civilian four pieces of bread from his rations, later treated as conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline.
1918-08-29 — Sentenced to 14 days Field Punishment No. 2.
1918-09-21 — Granted ten days leave in France.
1918-10-05 — Rejoined unit from leave.
1918-12-14 — Returned to England from France; transferred/posted to Canadian Forestry Corps Base Depot, Sunningdale.
1919-01-16 — Attached to Canadian Concentration Camp, Kinmel Park, for return to Canada.
1919-01-29 — Ceased attachment to Kinmel Park on embarking for Canada; sailed from Liverpool.
1919-02-06 — Arrived Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard S.S. Baltic.
1919-02-08 to 1919-02-11 — Returned from overseas and posted/taken on strength with Casualty Company, District Depot No. 4.
1919-02-22 — Recorded absent.
1919-03-18 — Court of Inquiry held concerning absence since 22 February.
1919-03-22 — SOS entry records he was struck off strength effective 14 March under K.R.O. 636, Section 72 Army Act.
1919-03-29 — Recorded as apprehended as a deserter and posted to Casualty Company effective 19 March.
1919-03-31 — Transferred from Casualty Company to hospital section, Category D; admitted to Montreal hospital for suspected dropsy.
1919-04-07 — Montreal hospital recommended transfer to Ste. Anne de Bellevue for further investigation; no disease found.
1919-04-09 — Admitted/transferred to Ste. Anne de Bellevue Military Hospital.
1919-04-28 to 1919-05-12 — Charged with absence without leave from Ste. Anne de Bellevue Military Hospital; reverse states absence satisfactorily explained.
1919-05-19 — Ste. Anne de Bellevue found no appreciable disease and discharged him to unit Class B.
1919-05-21 — Transferred from hospital section back to Casualty Company.
1919-05-24 — Discharged on demobilization at Montreal under R.O. 1420.
1919-05-27 — Administrative casualty-card entry records the 24 May discharge.