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Military service
Service number:
F/2427
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 19, 1919
Ebbsfleet, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
November 4, 1941
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
September 15, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 7.
Additional information
Son of Edmond P. and Julia Doucette of Ebbsfleet, Prince Edward Island.
Brother of Private Melvin Joseph Doucette, who died while serving with the Calgary Highlanders.
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UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN -
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Grave marker
Alfred John Doucette's grave at Ryes War Cemetery 29 May 2024. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Alfred John Doucette
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred John Doucette
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred John Doucette
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred John Doucette
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred John Doucette
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred John Doucette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 293 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RYES WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Leave Bayeux on the D12 to the east; at the village of Sommervieu carry straight on, following the D112, and after 3 kilometres turn right on to the D87. After climbing round a bend to the left, the cemetery will be found on the left hand side.
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