Joseph Kaeble


Joseph Thomas Keable, VC, MM 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

Biography

He was born on 5 May 1892 in Saint-Moïse, Quebec.
He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in March 1916. Kaeble was a corporal in the 22e Battalion, 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 legacy

He was buried in the local cemetery in Wantequin, some 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.
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 vessels.
The second of the new vessels was named CCGS Caporal Keable V.C., and was presented to the Coast Guard on 13 November 2012.