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Baptized Joseph-Antonio-Guillaume-Charles-Émile Gatien.
Son of Émile-Charles Gatien and Victoria Millet (deceased in 1904), of Sherbrooke, Québec.
A cadet in the Canadian Officer Training Corps, he was promoted to second lieutenant on December 15, 1915. He enlisted on the 21st in the 163rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force with this rank. On October 10, 1916, he left for Bermuda with this unit until November 18, when he went to Great Britain via Halifax, Nova Scotia, on November 27. He arrived in Liverpool, England, on December 6. On January 7, 1917, he was incorporated into the 10th Reserve Battalion in Shoreham, and on May 15, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. On the 17th, he landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, and on the 25th, he joined his new unit in the Vimy sector as reinforcement. On August 15, 1917, at around 4:25 a.m., at the head of Company B, he launched an assault on the enemy trenches. He was wounded in the leg and fell into a shell hole. His orderly tried to treat him, but he ordered him to go and find a stretcher bearer. When he returned, there was no trace of the lieutenant. He was buried in Hulluch, about 3 miles (5 km) south of La Bassée. After the war, he was exhumed and reburied in St. Mary's Cemetery in Haisnes.
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Honour Roll
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
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Lieutenant Charles Émile Joseph Guillaume Gatien
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Lieutenant Charles Émile Joseph Guillaume Gatien
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Lieutenant Charles Émile Joseph Guillaume Gatien
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Lieutenant Charles Émile Joseph Guillaume Gatien
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 242 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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