Private Arthur Gérard Goulet

Baptized Joseph Gérard Arthur Goulet in Ste-Thècle, Laviolette, served under the name Arthur Goulet. Son of Napoleon Goulet and Florida Gauthier, of Clerval, Abitibi, Quebec.

Enlisted in the Régiment de Maisonneuve, he embarked for Great Britain on May 2, 1942, arriving on the 12th. Assigned to the Mediterranean theater of operations with Force M, he embarked for Sicily on June 27, 1943, and landed on July 13 as part of Operation Husky. On August 3, 1943, he was transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment. On September 10, he set foot on the Italian mainland at Reggio di Calabria. On October 6, 1943, in the hills during the Battle of Gambatesa, he was mortally wounded by shrapnel in his left foot. He died the same day. He was buried on the 6th about a mile (1.5 km) from Vollutrara on the main road from Vollurara to Lucera, about 50 feet (15 m) from the large monastery, in grave number 1. On May 26, 1944, his body was exhumed and reburied in the military cemetery in Bari, Puglia, in grave number III.B. 29 He had served 679 days, including 522 days overseas.