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Capitaine Joseph Henri Chaballe in the Great War
Capitaine Joseph Henri Chaballe was born in Belgium and served with the 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion in the Great War. Chaballe rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel with the battalion commonly referred to as the “Van Doos” (from vingt-deux, meaning twenty-two in French). Joseph’s ‘D’ Company captured the village of Courcelette during the Battle of…
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Private Joseph Malouin, The Van Doos, in the Great War
CEFRG presents the story of Private Joseph Malouin of “The Van Doos” – 22nd (French Canadian) Infantry Battalion, 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division. Joseph entered the war in September of 1915. Soon, he found himself on the sidelines, and invalided back to England to recover from a rare disorder. While convalescing, Joseph had…