Corporal Wilfrid Laurier Jacques Brabant

Wilfrid Laurier Jacques Brabant was born at Montreal, Quebec, on 20 December 1917. Before military service he worked in the grocery trade and later at the Laurier Hotel in Montreal. After one month of earlier training in 1940, he was called up under the National Resources Mobilization Act and enrolled at Joliette on 4 December 1941. He trained at Joliette and Farnham and served in Canada with the Royal Rifles of Canada, Le Régiment de Hull and several Pacific and district headquarters organizations, primarily in clerical duties. He qualified as a military clerk and rose from Private to Corporal and then Sergeant. He was discharged at Montreal South on 29 April 1946 on demobilization. He died at Montreal on 13 March 1982.

1917-12-20 — Born at Montreal, Quebec; the personnel-selection record specifies St-Henri, Montreal.
1940-10-09 to 1940-11-07 — Completed one month of prior military service at C.A.(B)T.C. No. 43, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
1941-12-04 — Enrolled under the National Resources Mobilization Act at Joliette, Quebec, and taken on strength at Training Centre No. 42.
1942-01-02 — Admitted to Joliette Military Hospital, Joliette, Quebec, with grippe.
1942-01-07 — Discharged from Joliette Military Hospital, Joliette, Quebec, to his unit after the grippe cleared.
1942-02-04 — Transferred for advanced training at A-12 Canadian Infantry Training Centre, Farnham, Quebec.
1942-04-09 — Taken on strength of the Royal Rifles of Canada as a Rifleman at Quebec, Quebec.
1942-06-29 — Granted fourteen days furlough while serving with the Royal Rifles of Canada at Nanaimo, British Columbia.
1942-07-20 — Struck off strength of the Royal Rifles of Canada on transfer to Le Régiment de Hull at Nanaimo, British Columbia.
1942-07-21 — Taken on strength of Le Régiment de Hull as a Private at Nanaimo, British Columbia.
1943-02-02 — Attached to No. XI Vocational Training School at Colwood, British Columbia, for a Map Reading and Field Sketching course.
1943-03-14 — Completed/ceased the Map Reading and Field Sketching attachment at Colwood, British Columbia.
1943-04-30 — Next-of-kin address changed to St-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Quebec.
1943-06-26 — Attached to Pacific Command 2nd Echelon for clerical duties.
1943-06-28 — Qualified Clerk General Duty Group C while serving with Pacific Command.
1943-07-01 — Taken on strength of Pacific Command 2nd Echelon and granted Clerk General Duty Group C trades pay.
1943-07-18 — Attached to No. 9 Section, R.Q.&C., at Vancouver, British Columbia.
1943-09-01 — Appointed Acting Corporal and confirmed Corporal while serving with Pacific Command 2nd Echelon.
1943-12-01 — Ceased to be a Home Defence member on becoming an NRMA soldier while serving with Pacific Command.
1944-05-15 — Granted furlough and leave while serving with Pacific Command; leave was later extended into June 1944.
1944-11-30 — Struck off strength to Headquarters, 16 Canadian Infantry Brigade, at Vernon, British Columbia.
1944-12-01 — Taken on strength of Headquarters, 16 Canadian Infantry Brigade, at Vernon, British Columbia.
1944-12-07 — Granted trades pay as Clerk General Duty Group C at Vernon, British Columbia.
1945-01-24 — Admitted to Vernon Military Hospital, Vernon, British Columbia, for investigation of chest pain, tachycardia and related symptoms.
1945-02-13 — Discharged from Vernon Military Hospital, Vernon, British Columbia, and returned to duty.
1945-02-20 — Struck off strength of Headquarters, 16 Canadian Infantry Brigade, at Vancouver, British Columbia, on transfer to No. 11 District Depot.
1945-02-21 — Taken on strength of No. 11 District Depot at Vancouver, British Columbia.
1945-03-12 — Assessed by a psychiatric specialist at the Reception Centre, No. 11 District Depot, Vancouver, British Columbia; diagnosis: psychoneurosis, situational anxiety state.
1945-04-08 — Struck off strength to No. 11 General Employment Company at Vernon, British Columbia.
1945-04-09 — Taken on strength of No. 11 General Employment Company at Vernon, British Columbia.
1945-04-16 — Attached for all purposes to the Camp Administrative Officer at Vernon, British Columbia.
1945-05-16 — Struck off strength at Vancouver, British Columbia, for transfer to No. 4 District Depot.
1945-05-17 — Taken on strength of No. 4 District Depot at Montreal South, Quebec.
1945-06-13 — Granted Clerk General Duty Group C trades pay at No. 4 District Depot, Montreal South, Quebec.
1945-10-16 — Qualified for Clerk Departmental Records duties, Group B, and granted Group B trades pay at Montreal South, Quebec.
1945-12-01 — Appointed Acting Sergeant at No. 4 District Depot, Montreal South, Quebec.
1946-04-15 — Medical Board proceedings at Montreal South, Quebec, reviewed his medical history before release and referred him to Veterans Affairs for assessment; the operative release remained demobilization.
1946-04-16 — Struck off the holding establishment at No. 4 District Depot in the final demobilization sequence at Montreal South, Quebec.
1946-04-17 — Taken on strength of the holding establishment at No. 4 District Depot, Montreal South, Quebec.
1946-04-28 — Promoted and confirmed Sergeant at No. 4 District Depot, Montreal South, Quebec.
1946-04-29 — Discharged on demobilization from No. 4 District Depot at Montreal South, Quebec; intended address St-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Quebec.
1982-03-13 — Died at Montreal, Quebec, according to the existing CWVMP profile.