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Baptized Joseph Louis Godin. Son of David Godin (deceased in 1908) and Aglaé Hénault, of St-Cléophas-de-Brandon, Joliette, Québec.
He stated being born in St-Cléophas-de-Brandon when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, arriving in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. He was wounded by a bullet in his left arm during fighting in Kemmel, Belgium. He was brought back to England on October 5 and repatriated to Quebec City on September 30, 1916. Due to partial paralysis of his left hand, he was demobilized in Montreal, Quebec, on January 15, 1917.
Severely wounded to an arm on September 24, 1915 and released on January 15, 1917.
He reenlisted on January 11, 1918, in Toronto, Ontario, at the Railway Construction and Forestry Depot, and died of pneumonia two months later at the Montreal General Hospital. He is buried in St-Cléophas-de-Brandon, Joliette, Quebec.
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La Presse - 12 October 1915 -
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Private Louis Godin
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Commemorated on:
Page 415 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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