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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
On 10 February 2011, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced that the nine new vessels in a new class of midshore patrol vessels would be named the
Joseph Keable's digitized military service fileBiography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''Joseph Keable
biography on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Joseph Thomas Keable
biography on DND's Directorate of History and Heritage
Legion Magazine Article on Joseph Keable
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaeble, Joseph Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross 1892 births 1918 deaths Canadian military personnel killed in World War I Canadian recipients of the Military Medal People from Bas-Saint-Laurent Canadian people of German descent Francophone Quebec people Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers Canadian military personnel from Quebec Burials in France
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
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forces.
He was the first French Canadian soldier to be decorated with the VC and Military Medal.
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.
Biography
He was born on 5 May 1892 inSaint-Moïse, Quebec
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Demographics
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.
He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force
The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) was the expeditionary field force of Canada during the First World War. It was formed following Britain’s declaration of war on Germany on 15 August 1914, with an initial strength of one infantry division ...
in March 1916. Kaeble was a corporal in the 22e Battalion (Canadien Francais), CEF. On 8 June 1918 at Neuville-Vitasse
Neuville-Vitasse () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
Neuville-Vitasse situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D14 and D5 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The chu ...
, France, Kaeble performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He died whilst doing so.
Citation
Burial and legacy
He was buried in the local cemetery in Wanquetin, some seven miles west ofArras
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(Wanquetin Communal Cemetery: Plot II. Row A. Grave 8. Headstone).
At CFB Valcartier, honours to Keable include Mount Keable, just east of Camp Vimy; a street on the base; and the Keable Club, the privates' and corporals' mess
The mess (also called a mess deck aboard ships) is a designated area where military personnel socialize, eat and (in some cases) live. The term is also used to indicate the groups of military personnel who belong to separate messes, such as the o ...
. On 10 February 2011, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced that the nine new vessels in a new class of midshore patrol vessels would be named the Hero-class patrol vessel
The Hero-class patrol vessels, previously the Mid-Shore Patrol Vessel Project, is a series of nine patrol vessels constructed by Halifax Shipyards for the Canadian Coast Guard. Based on the Dutch Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel, construction began ...
s.
The second of the new vessels was named CCGS ''Caporal Keable V.C.'', and was presented to the Coast Guard on 13 November 2012.
References
Further reading
* Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) * The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) *VCs of the First World War - Spring Offensive 1918
''VCs of the First World War'' is a series of books that list the List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients, Victoria Cross recipients of the First World War. The series consists of 13 books written by four different authors, first publishe ...
(Gerald Gliddon, 1997)
External links
Joseph Keable's digitized military service file
biography on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Joseph Thomas Keable
biography on DND's Directorate of History and Heritage
Legion Magazine Article on Joseph Keable
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaeble, Joseph Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross 1892 births 1918 deaths Canadian military personnel killed in World War I Canadian recipients of the Military Medal People from Bas-Saint-Laurent Canadian people of German descent Francophone Quebec people Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers Canadian military personnel from Quebec Burials in France