Private Joseph Adelard Jean Louis Garant

Died of Illness in WW2

Date of Death:

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Service Biography

Joseph Adelard Jean Louis Garant was born at St-Georges, Quebec, on 21 January 1924. He first enlisted in the Canadian Army in August 1940 while under age and was discharged in April 1941. He re-enlisted at Montreal South on 15 May 1942 as D51341 and served as a Private. After training in Canada he proceeded overseas and joined the Royal 22e Régiment on 12 May 1943. He embarked from the United Kingdom on 29 June 1943 with Force M for Operation Husky, landed in Sicily on 11 July, and landed on the Italian mainland at Reggio di Calabria on 10 September. He became ill on 12 September and was evacuated to the 2nd Military General Hospital at Tripoli, Libya, where he died on 30 September 1943 from acute pneumonia and osteomyelitis of the sternum. He is buried in Tripoli War Cemetery, grave 7. E. 20. His awards included the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-45 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp.

General Information

Conflict:

WW2

Regimental No.:

D51341

Cause of Death (in war):

Died of Illness

Branch:

Army

Regiment:

Royal 22e Régiment

Battalion:

Royal 22e Régiment

Company:

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth:

St-Georges, Quebec

Date of Enlistment:

Age at Enlistment:

18 years 3 months

Date of Discharge:

Age at Discharge:

19 years 8 months

Date of Death:

Age at Death:

19 years 8 months

Country Born:

Canada

Trade or Calling:

Weaver

Next of Kin:

William Garant (father), St-Georges, Quebec

Address at Enlistment:

323 Boulevard du Havre, Valleyfield, Quebec

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Place of Enlistment:

Montreal South, Quebec

Was a Prisoner of War:

Height:

5 ft 6.5 in / 169 cm

Weight:

143 lbs / 65 kg

Chest:

33.0 in / 84 cm

Expansion:

2.0 in / 5 cm

Marital Status:

Single

Prior Military Experience:

Yes

Saw Service in:

Europe

Place of Discharge:

Discharge Type:

Died in Service

Discharge Notes:

Battle Died/Wounded:

Length of Service:

503 days in service

Buried at:

Tripoli War Cemetery

Links

Library and Archives Canada Service Record

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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Private Joseph Adelard Jean Louis Garant 1942

Joseph Adelard Jean Louis Garant

Ranks

Conflict	Rank	Regiment	Branch	Unit
WW2	Private	Royal 22e Régiment	Army	Royal 22e Régiment
WW2	Private	Canadian Infantry	Army	No. 6 Canadian Infantry Reinforcement Unit
WW2	Private	Canadian Infantry	Army	No. 1 Transit Camp
Debert, Nova Scotia.
WW2	Private	Le Régiment de Châteauguay (Mitrailleuses)	Army	Le Régiment de Châteauguay (Mitrailleuses)
WW2	Gunner	Canadian Forestry Corps	Army	No. 16 Company
Prior under-age enlistment E38102.

Awards

Conflict	Award	Action
WW2	1939-45 Star	Recorded / awarded
WW2	Italy Star	Recorded / awarded
WW2	War Medal 1939-45	Recorded / awarded
WW2	Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp	Recorded / awarded

Service Chronology

1924-01-21 — Born.
1940-08-14 — First wartime enlistment under service number E38102.
1941-04-10 — Discharged from first enlistment after under-age/false-age issue.
1942-05-15 — Re-enlisted for active service as D51341; Private, Le Régiment de Châteauguay (Mitrailleuses).
1942-06-16 to 1942-06-17 — Absent without leave; subsequent forfeiture recorded.
1942-12-23 to 1943-01-13 — Annual furlough and Christmas leave; returned from furlough.
1943-02-26 — Granted two days embarkation leave with subsistence allowance and transportation warrant.
1943-03-02 — Struck off strength of Le Régiment de Châteauguay and attached for all purposes to No. 1 Transit Camp.
1943-03-03 — Taken on strength No. 1 Transit Camp.
1943-03-27 — Struck off strength No. 1 Transit Camp; struck off strength Canadian Army Canada for overseas service.
1943-03-28 — Taken on strength Canadian Army Overseas.
1943-04-04 — Disembarked in the United Kingdom.
1943-04-05 — Taken on strength No. 6 C.I.R.U., Postal H Coy.
1943-05-11 — Struck off strength No. 6 C.I.R.U. to I.C.S.B.D.
1943-05-12 — Taken on strength Royal 22e Régiment from No. 6 C.I.R.U.
1943-06-19 — Regular rate of pay recorded at $1.50 per day.
1943-06-29 — Embarked; struck off strength Canadian Army in the United Kingdom.
1943-06-30 — Taken on strength Canadian Army in the Mediterranean.
1943-07-11 — Landed in Sicily with Force M for Operation Husky.
1943-08-24 — Royal 22e Régiment X-list status changed; SOS/TOS entries recorded the same day.
1943-09-10 — Landed on the Italian mainland at Reggio di Calabria.
1943-09-12 — Fell ill; struck off strength Royal 22e Régiment to sick/hospital X-list and evacuated for treatment.
1943-09-12 to 1943-09-30 — Patient at 2nd Military General Hospital.
1943-09-30 — Died of acute pneumonia and osteomyelitis of the sternum.
1943-10-01 — Buried at Tripoli War Cemetery, grave 7. E. 20.

Notes

He left school at age 14 after six years of public school and was working before enlistment, including as a weaver in a Valleyfield cotton factory. His first wartime enlistment under E38102 began 14 August 1940 and ended 10 April 1941 after his age was found to have been falsely declared/under age. The service record contains conflicting birth information: wartime documents commonly use 22 January 1923, while a post-death family estate declaration gives 22 January 1924. Veterans Affairs Canada identifies his actual birth as 21 January 1924 and specifically notes that he had consistently stated 22 January 1923 during service.

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Baptized Joseph Adélard Jean Louis Garant, he served under the name Jean Louis Garant. Son of Guillaume (aka William) Garant and Marie Grondin, from St-Georges, Beauce, Québec. He always stated that he was born on January 22, 1923. He had previously enlisted on August 14, 1940, in Quebec City, Quebec, with the 16th Company of the Canadian Forestry Corps, serial number E-38102. Due to his young age, he was discharged from the army on April 10, 1941, in Quebec City. On May 15, 1942, in Montreal South, Quebec, he re-enlisted in the Châteauguay Regiment, service number D-51341. The army used both service numbers on the forms, one on one form and the other on another. On June 29, 1943, he embarked with Force M to take part in the Allied landing in Sicily, Operation Husky. He landed on the beach on the 11th. On September 10, 1943, he set foot on the Italian mainland at Reggio di Calabria. He fell ill on September 12 and was evacuated to the 2nd Military General Hospital in Tripoli, Libya, where he died of pleuropneumonia and osteomyelitis of the sternum. He was buried there on October 1, 1943.

Additional Service Notes

Joseph Adelard Jean Louis Garant first served under number E38102 after enlisting on 14 August 1940; that enlistment ended on 10 April 1941 after an under-age/false-age issue. He re-enlisted for active service at Montreal South on 15 May 1942 as D51341 and served as a Private. After training with Le Régiment de Châteauguay (Mitrailleuses), he passed through No. 1 Transit Camp at Debert, proceeded overseas and joined the Royal 22e Régiment on 12 May 1943. He embarked from the United Kingdom on 29 June 1943 and was taken on strength of the Canadian Army in the Mediterranean on 30 June. Veterans Affairs Canada identifies this movement as Force M for Operation Husky: he landed in Sicily on 11 July and on the Italian mainland at Reggio di Calabria on 10 September. He fell ill on 12 September and was evacuated to the 2nd Military General Hospital at Tripoli, Libya. He died there on 30 September 1943 of acute pneumonia and osteomyelitis of the sternum. His awards card records the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-45 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp.

Additional Next of Kin Notes

Father and next of kin: William Garant (also recorded as Guillaume/William), taxi proprietor/driver, St-Georges, Quebec. Mother: Marie Grondin Garant, St-Georges, Quebec. He was unmarried and had no children. The 1944 estate declaration records surviving siblings Henri Paul, Lucien, Jeanne, Olivette, Gertrude, Paule-Hélène, Marcelle, Lucille, Thérèse and Madeleine. He left no will; a Metropolitan Life policy of approximately $170 named his father William Garant as beneficiary.

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