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He suffered multiple shrapnel wounds on February 27, 1918, and died of his wounds a week later.
He had previously served with the 89th Regiment. Enlisted in the 189th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force with the rank of lieutenant, he crossed to England, arriving in Liverpool on 6 October 1916. Initially transferred to the 69th Battalion, he moved to the 22nd Battalion on October 26. He was slightly wounded on 15 August 1917 in the capture of Catapult Trench. Won the Military Cross on 18 October 1917 at the Battle of Hill 70 at Lens, Pas-d-Calais. Wounded a second time very seriously by his own artillery on 27 February 1918 in the Liévin-Lens sector, he died of his wounds.
Digital gallery of Captain Paul Émile Côté
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Captain Paul Émile Côté
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Captain Paul Émile Côté
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Captain Paul Émile Côté
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.
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