Joseph Kaeble
Joseph-Thomas Keable VC, MM | |
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| Born | 5 May 1892 Saint-Moïse, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 9 June 1918 (aged 26) Neuville-Vitasse, France |
| Buried | Wanquetin Communal Cemetery Extension, France |
| Allegiance | Canada |
| Branch | Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| Years of service | 1916–1918 |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Unit | 22nd Battalion (French Canadian), CEF |
| Battles / wars | World War I † |
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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 Commonwealth 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.