Joseph Kaeble
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Joseph Thomas Keable, VC, MM (5 May 1892 – 9 June 1918) was a Canadian soldier during the First World War. Keable was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.[1][2] He was the first French Canadian soldier to be decorated with the VC and Military Medal.
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Joseph-Thomas Keable VC, MM | |
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Born | (1892-05-05)5 May 1892 Saint-Moïse, Quebec, Canada |
Died | 9 June 1918(1918-06-09) (aged 26) Neuville-Vitasse, France |
Buried | Wanquetin Communal Cemetery Extension, France |
Allegiance | Canada |
Service/ | Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Years of service | 1916–1918 |
Rank | Corporal |
Unit | 22nd Battalion (French Canadian), CEF |
Battles/wars | World War I † |
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Mostly wrongly spelled Kaeble in English, his actual name at baptism was Keable. His name is also oddly spelled Kable in a page of the 1911 Census of Canada.[3]