Private François Guignard

Baptized Joseph Francis Guignard, he served under the name François Guignard. Son of Marie David (deceased in 1893) and Hyacinthe Guignard (deceased in 1905), of Lamèque, Gloucester, New Brunswick. François named his older brother Édouard « Hyacinthe », of Pigeon Hill, Gloucester, New Brunswick, as next of kin and heir.

Enlisted in the 57th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force under service number 416048, he was transferred to the 41st Battalion on September 20. He sailed for Great Britain on October 18 and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 28th. On April 0, 1916, he was temporarily transferred to the 23rd Reserve Battalion. On May 23, his service number was changed to 416455. On June 28, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. On the 29th, he crossed the English Channel from Folkestone and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. He joined his new unit in combat on July 2 at Zillebeke, Belgium. On October 1, he was slightly wounded in action, suffering contusions from a shell. From November 9, 1917, to July 12, 1918, he was hospitalized in various facilities due to illness. On August 14, he went to the front lines in the Chérisy sector.

Seriously wounded by shrapnel to the buttock on 27-28 August 1918, at Chérisy, he was evacuated to No. 1 Casualty clearing station in Ligny, where he died of his wounds.