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He was baptized Joseph-Augustin but was also known as Philippe-Augustin, name used in the Book of Remembrance.
Son of François « Francis » Doyon (deceased prior to 1908 in Sommersworth, New Hampshire) and Marie Lessard of Lowell Massachusetts.
His mother died one week before he was killed in action.
He enlisted for the last time on August 27, 1917, in Montreal, Quebec, with the 258th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, service number 1105232. He left for Great Britain on October 4 and arrived on the 17th. That same day, he transferred to the 10th Reserve Battalion until March 28, 1918, when he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. On the 29th, he crossed into France and went to the front line on April 3, 1918.
''At 1000 hrs, the artillery opened fire with all its guns on the German trenches. Three minutes later, the 22nd once again jumped the parapet and was greeted by intense artillery fire... In the enemy trenches, it was hand-to-hand combat, bayonets drawn'', Histoire du 22e Bataillon canadien-français, tome 1 – 1914-1919, pages 365-366. He was killed in action during the Battle of Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais, during the Allied offensive from Neuville-Vitasse towards Wancourt.
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Page 400 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.
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