Caporal Joseph Keable - Corporal Joseph Keable - Sayabec, Québec - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

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Joseph Keable V.C. M.M.
22me Battalion
Mort de ses blessures
à l'action 9 juin 1918

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Joseph Keable V.C. M.M.
22nd Battalion
Died of his injuries
in action 9 June 1918

Joseph Thomas Kaeble (1893-1918) est né à Saint-Moïse, au Québec. Il est mécanicien et habite Sayabec lorsqu'il se porte volontaire, en mars 1916. Après son entraînement de base, il s'embarque pour l'Angleterre et rejoint le 22e Bataillon – la seule unité entièrement francophone de l'armée canadienne au front. Il est blessé à l'épaule le 30 avril 1917 et passe quelques semaines en convalescence. Une fois rétabli, Kaeble retourne au 22e Bataillon. Le 8 juin 1918, il participe à la défense de la tranchée tenue par son bataillon. Alors que tous les soldats de sa section sont blessés ou morts, il empoigne sa mitrailleuse Lewis, saute par-dessus le parapet et tire sur les ennemis. Blessé mortellement, il réussit quand même à mettre l'adversaire en déroute. Kaeble est mort des suites de ses blessures quelque temps après. Pour son acte de bravoure, il reçut la Croix de Victoria, devenant ainsi le premier Canadien français à mériter la plus haute décoration militaire de l'Empire britannique. Kaeble est un des 14 hommes et femmes qui sont honorés au Monument aux Valeureux, dans le centre-ville d'Ottawa, pour avoir servi héroïquement le Canada en temps de guerre.

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Joseph Thomas Kaeble (1893–1918) was born in Saint-Moïse, Quebec. When he enlisted in March 1916 he was living in nearby Sayabec and working as a mechanic. After basic training, he went to England with the 22nd Battalion, the only entirely francophone unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force to fight at the front. He was wounded in the shoulder on April 30, 1917, and spent several weeks convalescing. Once healed, he returned to the field. On June 8, 1918, he vigorously defended the trench held by his battalion against an intense bombardment by German troops. Even as all of the other soldiers in his unit fell to the advancing enemy, being either wounded or killed, Kaeble continued to fire, and succeeded in causing the Germans to retreat. In the end, however, he himself was mortally wounded in that battle. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions, becoming the first French-Canadian soldier to receive the British Empire's highest military honour. Kaeble is commemorated in The Valiants Memorial in downtown Ottawa. The monument pays tribute to 14 men and women who served Canada heroically in times of war.

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