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Baptized Norbert-Armand Huot. Son of George Huot and Emma Dalbec (deceased in 1913), of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born in 1892 when he enlisted.
He enlisted in the 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 of that year, he crossed over to France and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, that same day with the battalion’s first contingent. On June 18, 1916, during the Battle of Mont-Sorrel in the Ypres Salient, Belgium, he suffered a severe nervous shock following a shell explosion. Later, he was initially reported missing in action during the Battle of Courcelette, Somme, France, between September 30 and October 4, 1916. On February 14, 1917, he was declared killed in action on October 3, 1916. His body was never found.
His brother Arthur also served with the 22nd Battalion and was killed in action at Zillebeke, in the Ypres Salient, in Belgium, on 11 June 1916.
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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La Presse - 30 octobre 1916
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Corporal Norbert Huot
Digital gallery of
Corporal Norbert Huot
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Page 107 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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