Gunner Benoit Pilon

Benoit Pilon was born at Beauharnois, Quebec, on 14 June 1916. He completed Grade 6 at Collège de Montréal and before the war worked on his father's farm, as a sailor on lake steamers, and as a labourer for Aluminum Alloys at Beauharnois. He enlisted at Montreal South on 3 May 1944 as D-145124. He first trained with the Royal Canadian Artillery and later remustered to the Canadian Infantry Corps, serving with Canadian training, reinforcement and repatriation organizations. Of his 955 days of qualifying service, 717 were overseas, from November 1944 until November 1946. His overseas service included periods of hospitalization for infectious hepatitis and other illnesses, and in 1946 he was granted leave to travel in France and neighbouring European countries. He returned to Canada in November 1946 and was discharged at Montreal South on 13 December 1946 on demobilization.

Benoit Pilon died at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield on 5 November 1978 and is buried in the Field of Honour at Valleyfield Catholic Cemetery.

1916-06-14 — Born
1944-05-03 — Enlisted for active service as D-145124
1944-10-25 — Struck off strength A2 Canadian Army Training Centre for Training Brigade Group
1944-10-26 — Taken on strength of Training Brigade Group
1944-11-03 — Began drawing trades/pay rate of $1.50 per day
1944-11-24 — Struck off strength of Training Brigade Group for overseas draft
1944-11-25 — Struck off strength Canadian Army (Active Force) Canada on embarkation
1944-11-26 — Taken on strength Canadian Army Overseas on transfer
1944-12-06 — Disembarked in the United Kingdom and taken on strength of 1 Canadian Army Reinforcement Unit
1944-12-09 — Struck off strength for remuster to Canadian Infantry Corps
1944-12-10 — Remustered to Canadian Infantry Corps and taken on strength of 1st Canadian Infantry Training Regiment
1944-12-16 — Struck off strength of 1st Canadian Infantry Training Regiment for 4th Canadian Infantry Training Regiment
1944-12-17 — Taken on strength of 4th Canadian Infantry Training Regiment
1945-03-03 — Reposted to reinforcement duties
1945-03-14 — Admitted to No. 22 Canadian General Hospital with infectious hepatitis
1945-04-25 — Discharged from No. 22 Canadian General Hospital after infectious hepatitis
1945-06-01 — Administrative posting/repatriation sequence began from 4th Canadian Infantry Training Regiment
1945-06-02 — Taken on strength within Canadian Auxiliary Services / repatriation organization
1945-06-07 — Attached to Canadian repatriation organization
1945-06-26 — Hospital/sick-list treatment for penile condyloma
1945-07-07 — Discharged from No. 22 Canadian General Hospital; rank shown as Gunner on subsequent reinforcement records
1946-03-20 — Admitted to No. 22 Canadian General Hospital with urethritis
1946-04-04 — Discharged from hospital after treatment
1946-06-26 — Admitted to hospital with venereal-wart/urethritis history
1946-07-07 — Discharged to reinforcement depot
1946-07-08 — Readmitted to No. 22 Canadian General Hospital for urethritis
1946-07-13 — Discharged to unit after treatment
1946-08-26 — Granted nine days privilege leave with concurrence to proceed to France
1946-08-28 — Granted authority while on leave to visit Belgium, Holland and Switzerland; authority valid to 28 September
1946-11-12 — Overseas service terminated after 717 qualifying overseas days
1946-11-13 — Taken on strength in Canada / 4th District Depot
1946-12-13 — Discharged on demobilization
1978-11-05 — Died