Private Hercule Trudeau

Hercule Trudeau was born at Sainte-Martine, Quebec, on 19 August 1895. He was single, Roman Catholic and a labourer. His father, Omer Trudeau of Valleyfield, Quebec, was next of kin. The 1918 Medical History Sheet records height 5 ft 6 in, weight 141 lb, chest 34 in with 3 in expansion, medium physical development, brown eyes and auburn hair.

Hercule Trudeau first enlisted voluntarily at Valleyfield, Quebec, on 24 February 1916 as Private 243030 with the 206th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was absent without leave from 22 July 1916 and was struck off as a deserter following a Court of Inquiry on 31 August 1916. He returned to service under the Military Service Act as Private 3156636, reporting at Montreal on 5 March 1918 with the 2nd Depot Battalion, 2nd Quebec Regiment. He arrived in England aboard S.S. Grampian on 3 April 1918, was taken on strength of the 10th Reserve Battalion on 16 April, and was appointed Acting Lance Corporal with pay on 3 June. In August he reverted to Private at his own request, passed briefly through the 23rd Reserve Battalion, and was taken on strength of the 87th Battalion in France on 10 August 1918, joining the battalion in the field on 18 August. He was treated for influenza in December 1918 at 57th Casualty Clearing Station, 20th General Hospital at Camiers, and 6th Convalescent Depot at Étaples. In January 1919 he returned to England through the Quebec Regimental Depot and 23rd Reserve Battalion, then passed through Military District No. 2 Wing for repatriation. He was discharged at Montreal on 25 March 1919 on demobilization.

His father, Omer Trudeau of Valleyfield, Quebec, was recorded as next of kin.

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