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Born Henri Galin-alias-Camaillou. Son of Baptiste Galin-alias-Camaillou and Marie Bonnet, of Aulus-les-Bains, Ariège, France.
Enlisted in the 241st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April 28, 1917, aboard the HMT Olympic. The ship set sail on the 29th, one week before the explosion in Halifax Harbor. It arrived in Liverpool, England, on May 7. He transferred to the 5th Reserve Battalion on May 6, 1917, then to the 10th Reserve Battalion on September 1, before being transfered to the 22nd Battalion on November 24 and landing in France on the 25th.
He was killed in action on June 13, 1918. His battalion was in brigade support, south-east of Agny, and was sent on fatigue duty to improve the trenches of Telegraph Hill Switch, near Neuville-Vitasse. Henri was killed while on fatigue duty. His first name is spelled “Henry” in the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Page 412 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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