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Baptized Joseph Albert Anatole Godbout, he served as Albert Godbout. Son of Gédéon Godbout and Élise Savage, of Stoke Centre, Québec.
On August 7, 1940, he enlisted in the 7th Hussars – NPAM – in Bury, Quebec, registration number 6093, and completed his basic training until the 22nd. He stated that he was born in 1918. On May 21, 1942, he enlisted for the first time with the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, registration number D-150093, in Sherbrooke. On September 19, he deserted and re-enlisted on September 22, 1942, with the 24th Reconnaissance Battalion in Bury. He was assigned the same registration number. On October 13, he was declared a deserter by a court martial. On March 1, 1943, with the Voltigeurs de Québec, registration number E-42746, he was at Camp Sussex, New Brunswick. He sailed for Great Britain on September 13 and arrived on the 19th. On December 1, 1943, he appeared before a court martial for desertion. He was acquitted of the charge but had to be punished for fraudulent enlistment. On December 27, he was given back his service number D-150093. On February 18, 1944, with Force M, he sailed for the Mediterranean and on the 19th, he was transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment. He landed in Italy on March 12. He was killed in action on May 17, 1944, in the Liri Valley, near Pignataro, Caserta, where he was buried on the 18th. He was exhumed around November 24, 1944, to be reburied in the Cassino cemetery.
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Page 317 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CASSINO WAR CEMETERY Italy
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres south-east of Rome. It is situated in the valley of the River Liri immediately below the southern spurs of the central Apennines. Above it at a distance of one kilometre is the dominating hill on which stands the Abbey of Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedict in the year 529 on the site of an ancient temple of Apollo.
If approaching the CASSINO WAR CEMETERY by road, follow the Highway A2 from Rome to Naples and leave it at the Cassino exit. After passing the pay booths, follow the sign for Cassino. At the traffic lights, after a block of flats, turn right towards the locality of S. Angelo and the CWGC signs will then be seen.
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