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Baptized Joseph-Roch-Amédée Gagnon. Son of Joseph Gagnon-dit-Belzile (deceased in 1898) and Adéline Martin (remarried in 1899 to Émile Dubé and deceased in 1915), of St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, and of Greenville, New Hampshire. Roch was married to Clara Mailhot, of Salmon Falls, New Hampshire, and he was father of a son.
Enlisted in the 57th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was assigned on January 21, 1916, to the 189th Battalion and, for a very brief period, to the 171st Battalion. On September 8, he transferred from the 167th Battalion to the 189th Battalion. On September 23, he sailed for Great Britain, arriving in Liverpool, England, on October 6. On November 27, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion and on the 28th, he crossed over to France, landing in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, that same day. On December 1, he rejoined his unit in combat. During an assault on Passchendaele, near Abraham Heights, Belgium, he was seriously wounded in the legs and right shoulder by shrapnel. He received first aid and died on November 9, 1917, before stretcher bearers could carry him back to the aid station.
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Page 241 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Belgium
DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is located 7 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Zonnebekestraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332), connecting Ieper to Zonnebeke.
Two roads connect Ieper town centre onto the Zonnebeekseweg. The Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto a small roundabout, at the roundabout the first right turn is Basculestraat. At the end of Basculestraat there is a cross roads and Zonnebeekseweg is the turning to the left. 7 Km along the Zonnebeekseweg in the village of Zonnebeke, lies the left hand turning onto the Langemarkstraat, (further on this street name changes to Zonnebekestraat). The DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY lies 1.5 Km along this road on the left hand side.
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