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Baptized Joseph Edgar Godin. Son of Alexandre P.S. Godin and Amanda Godin, of Paquetville, Gloucester, New Brunswick. Brother of Privates Ernest Godin, Théophile Godin, and Alcide Godin, the latter of whom fought in Italy and the Netherlands. They all survived the war.
Enlisted at the 4th Military District Depot, he was assigned to Company B. A relatively undisciplined soldier, he sailed for Great Britain on February 16, 1944, arriving on the 25th. On March 25, 1944, he set sail again for Italy, where he landed on the Italian mainland with Force M on April 9. Meanwhile, during the crossing, he was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment on March 29. He was reported missing in action on January 7, 1945, during fighting on the dikes of the Senio River near Russi. His body was found and buried on the 11th in the cemetery of Russi, near Ravenna, in grave number 34. Around August 23, 1946, his remains were exhumed and reburied in Ravenna, grave number III.E.5. He had served 683 days, including 326 days overseas.
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Somewhere in this photo is Joseph Godin. From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Joseph Edgard Godin
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Private Joseph Edgard Godin
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Page 518 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY Italy
The site for the cemetery was selected by the Army in 1945 for burials from the surrounding battlefields. Ravenna was taken by the Canadian Corps at the beginning of December 1944, and the burials in the cemetery there reflect the fighting for the Senio line and the period of relative quiet during the first three months of 1945. Many of the men buried there were Canadians; one of the last tasks of the Canadian Corps before being moved to north-west Europe was the clearing of the area between Ravenna and the Comacchio lagoon. Others are Indians from the 10th Indian Division, and New Zealanders. The Cemetery also contains the graves of 30, 1914-18 War casualties concentrated in March 1974 from Gradisca Communal Cemetery , Italy and 3 other burials concentrated from other minor cemeteries in Italy. There are now over 30 graves of the First World War and 956 graves plus one Special Memorial of the Second World War.
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