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Baptized Joseph Georges Alcide Godin. Son of Wilfrid Godin and Nellie Douville, of Donnacona, Portneuf, Québec.
Enlisted in the Canadian Army Service Corps, he was assigned to the 24th Reconnaissance Battalion on July 14, 1942, and to the Voltigeurs de Québec on March 1 of the following year. On July 21, he sailed for Great Britain and arrived in Greenock, Scotland, on the 28th. On October 27, 1943, he was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment, incorporated into Force M, and sailed for the Mediterranean. He landed in Italy on November 9. He was killed in action on January 2, 1944, west of Ortona. He was buried on the 4th in the cemetery adjacent to the Ortona chapel. On August 9, his body was exhumed and reburied in the Moro River Cemetery in Ortona. He had served 566 days, including 184 days overseas.
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Entrance
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Alcide Godin
Digital gallery of
Private Alcide Godin
Digital gallery of
Private Alcide Godin
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 317 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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