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Baptized Alexis-Andréas Gouédard, he stated being named André and being born on 2 September when he enlisted. Son of Pierre Gouédard (deceased in 1890) and Mélanie Julien, of Québec. He was only two years old and his mother was pregnant when his father died. In order to raise her four children, his mother had to put the newborn baby to adoption with a couple who had no child: François-Régis Deblois and Aimée Bernier. The two brothers kept in touch, however, and enrolled together with the 22nd Battalion in November 1914. His youngest brother, Joseph Gouédard-Deblois (service number 61924), was severely wounded in Vierstraat, Belgium, in November 1915, and had to be amputated of his right arm and shoulder. He died later of tuberculosis in 1921. His mother Mélanie Julien never remarried.
Of French descent on his father's side, he enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force after serving in the 9th Regiment, Les Voltigeurs de Québec. He sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. From Folkestone, he left for France on September 15 and landed the same day in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. He was first reported missing in action, then recognized as having been killed on September 15, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette, Somme. His body was never found.
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Photo of André Gouédard
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Photo of Andre Gouedard
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Inscription
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Vimy Memorial
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Le Soleil - 7 juin 1915
Le Soleil - 7 juin 1915
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Private André Gouédard
Digital gallery of
Private André Gouédard
Digital gallery of
Private André Gouédard
Digital gallery of
Private André Gouédard
Digital gallery of
Private André Gouédard
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Page 93 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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