Joseph Kaeble
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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.<ref name="HalifaxChronicleHerald2012-11-13">Template:Cite news </ref><ref name="Cbc2012-11-13">Template:Cite news </ref> 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.<ref>page of the 1911 Census of Canada</ref>
BiographyEdit
He was born on 5 May 1892 in Saint-Moïse, Quebec.<ref> Template:Cite news </ref><ref> Template:Cite news </ref> He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in March 1916. Kaeble was a corporal in the 22e Battalion (Canadien Francais), CEF. On 8 June 1918 at Neuville-Vitasse, France, Kaeble performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He died whilst doing so.
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Burial and legacyEdit
Kaeble was buried in the CWGC extension of Wanquetin Communal Cemetery - Plot II, Row A, Grave 8 - which is found about eleven kilometres (seven miles) west of Arras.
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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
On 10 February 2011, the Canadian Government announced the commissioning of a new Hero Class of mid-shore patrol vessels to serve in the Canadian Coast Guard. The nine ships of the class would bear the names of Canadian Forces, RCMP, Coast Guard and Department of Fisheries and Oceans personnel who had performed exceptional, heroic acts.<ref name="HeroClassNames">
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The second vessel was named CCGS Caporal Keable V.C. in his honour, and was presented to the Coast Guard on 13 November 2012.<ref>Template:Cite news
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Further readingEdit
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
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External linksEdit
- Joseph Keable's digitized military service file
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Joseph Keable biography on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Joseph Thomas Keable Template:Webarchive biography on DND's Directorate of History and Heritage
- Legion Magazine Article on Joseph Keable
- Detailed biography of Joseph Keable by Jacques Castonguay