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Baptized Josephat-Albert Houle. Son of Ludger Houle (deceased in 1904) and Donalda Daoust (remarried in 1905 to Timothée Desjardins), of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born in 1895 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in Company B, 5th Platoon, 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, that same day. He took part in the fighting at Scherpenberg, Belgium, and then in the First Battle of Ypres, also in Belgium. He was initially reported missing in action at Brickfields during the Battle of Courcelette, Somme, between September 14 and 18, 1916. He was eventually confirmed killed on the 14th. His body was never found.
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Albert Houle
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Private Albert Houle
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 105 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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