Conflict:
WW1
Regimental No.:
3328543
Cause of Death (in war):
Survived
Branch:
Canadian Army
Regiment:
Canadian Garrison Regiment, C.E.F.
Battalion:
No. 3 Battalion
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Montreal, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
26 years 2 months
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
26 years 3 months
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Farmer
Next of Kin:
Emma Laviolette (mother), Valleyfield, Quebec
Address at Enlistment:
Valleyfield, Quebec
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Place of Enlistment:
Ottawa, Ontario
Was a Prisoner of War:
Height:
5 ft 1.0 in / 155 cm
Weight:
Chest:
35.5 in / 90 cm
Expansion:
3.5 in / 9 cm
Marital Status:
Single
Prior Military Experience:
Yes
Saw Service in:
Canada
Place of Discharge:
Discharge Type:
Regular/End of Service
Discharge Notes:
Illegally absent from 23 October 1918. Struck off strength as illegally absent/deserter effective 13 November 1918. Proceedings were confirmed at Kingston, Ontario, on 2 December 1918. The file records 36 days of service toward engagement.
Battle Died/Wounded:
Length of Service:
57 days in service
Buried at:
Links
Ranks
| Conflict |
Rank |
Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW1 |
Private |
Canadian Garrison Regiment, C.E.F. |
Canadian Army |
No. 3 Battalion |
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| T.O.S. 29 Sep 1918; struck off as illegally absent/deserter effective 13 Nov 1918. |
| WW1 |
Private |
Eastern Ontario Regiment |
Canadian Army |
2nd Depot Battalion |
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| Initial unit at enlistment. |
Service Chronology
1892-07-15 — Born
1918-09-17 — Enlisted/attested under Military Service Act; Private, 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment
1918-09-18 — Medical examination / recruit declaration; category B.II; will executed naming mother Emma Laviolette
1918-09-29 — Taken on strength, No. 3 Battalion, Canadian Garrison Regiment, C.E.F.
1918-10-23 — Became illegally absent; assigned pay subsequently nullified from this date
1918-11-13 — Struck off strength as illegally absent/deserter
1918-12-02 — Proceedings confirming striking off as illegally absent completed; statement records 36 days service toward engagement
Notes
Farmer; Roman Catholic; single. Born Montreal, Quebec, 15 July 1892 and living at Valleyfield, Quebec. Previous military service recorded as six months with the 59th Battalion. On calling up he was 5 ft 1½ in tall, chest 35½ in fully expanded with 3½ in expansion, medium complexion, brown eyes and black hair. Distinctive marks: large scars on breast and mole on left side; noted as underweight.
Additional Service Notes
Drafted under the Military Service Act, 1917, Class 1. Attested/enlisted at Ottawa on 17 September 1918 and initially served with the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment. Taken on strength of No. 3 Battalion, Canadian Garrison Regiment, C.E.F. at Kingston on 29 September 1918. He became illegally absent on 23 October and was struck off strength effective 13 November 1918.
Additional Next of Kin Notes
Mother Emma Laviolette, Valleyfield, Quebec, was next of kin. He appointed her executor and left her his property in his will dated 18 September 1918 at Ottawa.
Research Notes
Service file is explicitly marked 'DESERTER' / 'Illegally absent.' Pay certificate records S.O.S. as deserter and nullified assigned pay from 23 October 1918. Proceedings state illegally absent since 23 October 1918 and struck off 13 November 1918; confirmation dated 2 December 1918. No Good Conduct badges, medals or decorations were recorded in the proceedings. Page 17 is an unrelated parchment certificate for Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson (Strathcona's Horse, South African War) and must not be attributed to Laviolette. A punishment card also records a pre-enlistment Military Service Act enforcement episode: absent from 10 November 1917 to 7 September 1918 (311 days), with 28 days detention and forfeiture of 311 days pay (D.O. 262, Ottawa, 12 September 1918). Because this predates his formal enlistment on 17 September 1918, it is preserved as research context rather than as military-service chronology. A lower entry dated 27 September 1918 names Laviolette, but its full administrative meaning is not sufficiently legible to expand.
