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Lance Corporal Narcisse Cloutier

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Military service

Service number: 62200
Age: 19
Rank: Lance Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: April 10, 1897 Pointe-St-Pierre (Barachois), Gaspésie, Québec
Enlistment: April 19, 1915 Montréal, Québec
Death: September 17, 1916 Hérissart, France

Burial/memorial information

MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Grave reference: F. 54.
Additional information
Son of Jean-Jérôme Cloutier (deceased in 1899) and Christine Bond, of Barachois-de-Malbaie, Gaspésie, Québec. His mother remarried to Aubin Chicoine in 1901 and died in 1917 in St-Georges-de-Malbaie. When his father died, Narcisse had been taken care of by his godfather and godmother (Narcisse Blanchard and Malvina Cloutier) of St-Georges-de-Malbaie, and he lived with them after his mother remarried. He stated being born in St-Georges-de-Malbaie on 12 April 1895.

He embarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 20 May 1915 and arrived in Plymouth, England, on 29. He set foot in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on 15 September and was gunshot and wounded on 10 October 1915. After being evacuated to England, he returned to France on 25 May 1916 and went back to the front line on the 31st.

Severely wounded during the Battle of Courcelette, Narcisse was evacuated to No. 2 Field ambulance in Hérissart and died there soon after being admitted.

Additional citations

1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France

Millencourt is a village which lies approximately 2 kilometres west of Albert. MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION lies to the north of the village on the road to Henencourt.

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