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Son of Philibert Gauthier (deceased in 1901) and Marie-Anne Duplantie, of Montréal, Québec. His father used the first names Gilbert, Pierre, and Albert.
Enlisted in the 41st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on October 16, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 28th. On February 29, 1916, he was incorporated into the 23rd Battalion and on April 23, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. The next day, he set foot in France. Very undisciplined, he was arrested in Witley, England, while there illegally. He was brought back to Camiers, France, on the 14th. On the 17th, he rejoined his unit, and on the 20th, he went to the front line. He was killed in action on April 12, 1918, in the trenches northeast of Neuville-Vitasse, Pas-de-Calais.
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Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.
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