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Baptized Damase-Honoré-Charles Éthier.
Son of Elzéar Éthier and Délia Payette (deceased in 1884). His father remarried to Edwilda Tellier-dit-Lafortune.
Husband of Eugénie Grenier, of Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec.
He stated being born in Charlemagne on August 15, 1879 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 69th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on April 17, 1916, and landed in Liverpool, England, on the 27th. On July 29, he crossed the English Channel and set foot in France. On August 27, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion, joining them on the front lines on September 20. He was fatally wounded in combat in the chest and right side during the fighting at the Somme. He was transported to the 9th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station in Contay, where he died the same day.
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 83 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
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