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Ernest Couillard

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Ernest Couillard

October 4, 1918
Anvin, France

Military Service

Service Number:

889643

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 1, 1896
Amqui, Bas St-Laurent, Quebec

Enlistment:

March 6, 1916
Matane, Bas St-Laurent, Quebec

Son of Joseph Couillard and Aurore Bellavance (deceased in 1912). His father remarried to Xantine Dumas in Le Bic in 1912 and resided in Amqui.

When he arrived in France, Ernest first served 13 months with 22nd Battalion and, on 13 May 1918, he was transferred to an elite formation, the Machine Gun Corps. On 2 October, he was severely wounded from shrapnel below the heart and he was evacuated to No. 2 Casualty clearing station in Anvin, North-West of Arras. He died two days later.

Commemorated on Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. D. 39.

Location:

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY is situated on the D919 heading south from Arras to Ayette. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 9 kilometres from Arras, just before a crossroads with the D36 between Ficheux and Boisleux-au-Mont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 421 of 900.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 421 of 900.
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