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Paul Émile Côté

In memory of:

Captain Paul Émile Côté

March 6, 1918

Military Service

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Citation(s):

Cross For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the Battle at Hill 70 in Lens, Belgium, August 15-22, 1917.

Honours and Awards:

Military Cross

Additional Information

Born:

February 2, 1894
Cap-Chat, Gaspésie, Quebec

Enlistment:

June 27, 1916
Valcartier, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Macaire-François-Paul-Émile Côté. Son of Émile-Macaire Côté and Malvina Roy, of Cap-Chat, Québec. He suffered multiple shrapnel wounds on February 27, 1918, and died of his wounds a week later.

Commemorated on Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. A. 25.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 329 of 900.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 329 of 900.

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