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Baptized Joseph Léo Pantaléon Gosselin and served under the name Pantaléon Gosselin. Son of Odilon (aka Odias) Gosselin and Valéda Gaulin. They have 17 children.
Enlisted in the Régiment de la Chaudière, he sailed for Great Britain on July 20, 1941, and landed at Gourock, Scotland, on the 30th, after the HMT Strathmore docked on the 28th. On May 3, 1944, he boarded another troop transport that set sail on the 4th to land the men in Italy on the 16th. On September 14, he was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment. On March 14, 1945, in Livorno, he left for Marseille, France, where he arrived on the 16th. He crossed the country from south to north, crossed the French-Belgian border on the 23rd, and entered the Netherlands on April 6, 1945. He was killed in action on April 14 during the advance toward the Apeldoorn Canal in the Yssel Forest. He was buried on the 16th in Deventer, grave number 2.5, only to be exhumed around June 14, 1946, and reburied in Holten, Netherlands. He had served 2,027 days, including 1,363 days overseas.
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Holten Canadian War Cemetery
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Photo 2 of Holten Canadian War Cemetery
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Holten Canadian War Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Private Joseph Pierre Pantaléon Gosselin
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Private Joseph Pierre Pantaléon Gosselin
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Private Joseph Pierre Pantaléon Gosselin
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Private Joseph Pierre Pantaléon Gosselin
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 519 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
Holten is a village 20 kilometres east of the town of Deventer, on the main A1 motorway from Amsterdam to Bremen in Germany. Following the A1 motorway, turn off at exit 26 and follow the N332 in the direction of Holten. Follow the N332 until reaching a signpost for Holterberg. Turn right onto the N344 in the direction of Holten, then at the T junction turn left towards Holten and follow this road to the roundabout. Take second exit then turn first right towards Holterberg. Follow this road uphill until you see a green Commission sign pointing to the right. Turn right down the track and follow to the end. Turn left and the cemetery lies along here on the left hand side.
Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. The great majority of those buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery died during the last stages of the war in Holland, during the advance of the Canadian 2nd Corps into northern Germany, and across the Ems in April and the first days of May 1945. After the end of hostilities the remains of over 1,300 Canadian soldiers were brought together into this cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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