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Baptized Guillaume Houle. Son of Jean-Zéphir Houle and Éloïse Dame, of Montréal, Québec. Husband of Marie-Blanche Chaperon (remarried to Stanislas Sylvestre in 1918), of Montréal and St-Jean-d’Iberville, Québec. He stated being born on the 30th when he enlisted, and although his baptism first name was “Guillaume”, he went by “William” since he was around twelve years old. When he enlisted, he stated that he lived alone and signed by placing an X.
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, that same day, with the battalion’s first contingent. Upon his arrival, he joined his unit on the front lines in Belgium. He was killed in action on October 21, 1915, in the trenches at Kemmel, near Ypres, in West Flanders. He was buried the same day along the road leading from Kemmel to Vierstraat before being exhumed and reburied at La Laiterie.
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Private William Houle
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Private William Houle
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Page 20 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium
LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY is located 7 Km south of Ieper town centre on the Kemmelseweg (N331), connecting Ieper to Kemmel.
From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and straight on towards Armentieres (N336). 900 metres after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg made prominent by a level crossing. The cemetery is located on the right hand side of the road, 5 km after joining the Kemmelseweg.
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