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Louis Edmond Breault fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1914-1919.

Reference:

R2586-0-5-E, MG30-E532

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106577

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Louis Edmond Breault fonds
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Date(s):

1914-1919.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

15 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists chiefly of the wartime personal correspondence of Louis Edmond Breault to his family in Canada. This serves to document his military service and experiences overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and under training in the Royal Air Force. Included are: personal correspondence to family members in Canada, n.d., 1914-1919; official military reports and documents, n.d., 1917-1919, including enlistment and discharge papers, pay books, military manuals (Successful Soldiering) and maps; and personal photographs and postcards, n.d., 1914 and 1917-1918, the latter including captured German cards.

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Breault, Louis Edmond, 1897-1965
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Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canada. Armée canadienne. Corps expéditionnaire canadien

Breault, Louis Edmond, 1897-1965
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Breault, Louis Edmond, 1897-1965 : Louis Edmond Breault, soldier, was born 30 August 1897 at Centreville, Ontario. He moved to Killarney, Manitoba in 1914, to work as an Assistant Agent on the C.P.R. In November 1915, he enlisted at Winnipeg with the 90th Battalion, C.E.F. He saw service in Canada, England and France as a signaller, and took part in the actions at Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele. In 1918, he was accepted for training with the R.A.F., but did not complete his training before the war ended. Following the war, he rejoined the C.P.R., and served with the railway until his retirement in 1963. He died at Cardiff, Ontario, in September 1965.

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General note:

Acquired in 1991 from Mr. D.J. Breault of Eganville, Ontario.
Subject heading:

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World War, 1914-1918

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918

Soldiers Canada

Soldats Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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117-020053-2

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E532
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Volume [MG30 E 532] 1

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