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Baptized Joseph Alfred Paul Gouin. Son of Alfred Gouin and Eva Labelle, of Verdun, Quebec. He had a child out of wedlock with Phyllis Mary Watts, Pete, of Reading, England, born on December 18, 1941.
Enlisted in the Royal 22nd Regiment, he became a very undisciplined soldier with several prison sentences. He sailed for Great Britain on May 11, 1940, and landed in Liverpool, England, on the 21st. Due to his detentions and numerous periods of hospitalization, he returned to his regiment on December 15, 1943. He left for Italy on a date not recorded in his military file. He was wounded in combat by shrapnel to the temple on January 13, 1944, in the San Vito sector and was evacuated. He died the same day and was temporarily buried in San Vito. Around June 9, 1944, his body was exhumed and reburied in the Moro River cemetery.
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Entrance
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Alfred Gouin
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Gouin
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Gouin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 319 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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