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Siméon Goulet

In memory of:

Private Siméon Goulet

September 21, 1916
Contay, France

Military Service


Service Number:

62192

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 29, 1888
St-Gervais-de-Bellechasse, Quebec

Enlistment:

March 4, 1915
Amherst, Nova Scotia

Baptized Siméon-Ludger-Onésime Goulet. Son of David-Onésime Goulet (deceased in 1900) and Philomène-Osina Royer, of Montréal (St-Henri), Québec. He stated being born on 15 November 1887 when he enlisted.

Seriously wounded to a leg at Courcelette on 17 September 1916, he was evacuated to No. 49 Casualty clearing station in Contay and died there four days later.

Commemorated on Page 93 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. D. 16.

Location:

Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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