Military service
Burial/memorial information
He enlisted to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. On 12 October 1944 in Avellino, Italy, he claimed to have been assaulted in the street, knocked unconscious and robbed, a claim that was denied by a commission of enquiry. From the 39th Company, 8th Battalion, Combat Brigade Refresher Course, he was transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on 28 March 1945. He joined his new unit on 6 April 1945, fighting on the banks of the Lissel River south of Apeldoorn, Netherlands. He was killed in action on 15 April 1945 during the Battle of Yssel. He was buried in the regimental temporary cemetery at Deventer, Overijssel, grave number R2.G.10. After the war, he was exhumed and reburied in Holten Cemetery, the Netherlands.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Private Thomas William Boucher
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Holten Canadian War Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas William Boucher
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas William Boucher
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas William Boucher
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas William Boucher
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas William Boucher
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 497 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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