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According to an old tradition, observed in some families, Eugène took his godfather’s name (i.e. Pierre Girard) after Pierre died in 1912 ; which explains why he enrolled as Pierre Couillard.
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he arrived in Plymouth, England, on 29 May 1915 and Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, on 15 September. He was wounded in action on 1 March 1916. On 10 September of the same year, he was loaned to the 2nd Division Signals Company until 4 June 1918. He was killed in action on 13 June 1918.
His Battalion was in brigade support South-East of Agny and sent on fatigue duty to improve the trenches of Telegraph Hill Switch, near Neuville-Vitasse. Pierre-Eugène was killed by a heavy shell while on fatigue duty.
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Private Pierre Eugène Couillard
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Private Pierre Eugène Couillard
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Private Pierre Eugène Couillard
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Private Pierre Eugène Couillard
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Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.
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