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Son of Philippe Godin and Rébecca Côté, of Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Mauricie, Québec. He stated being born on 25 October 1893 when he enlisted.
Rosaire sailed to England with the 22nd Battalion, but due to pneumonia, he was not able to serve at the front. He was repatriated and released in November 1915. Meanwhile, on 23 September, his brother Moïse, who was also serving with the 22nd, was killed in Belgium shortly after his arrival in the trenches.
Once healed, Rosaire re-enlisted with the medical corps, re-sailed overseas and joined No. 1 Field Ambulance at the front. On 8 August 1918, he was part of a group of eight stretcher-bearers working with the 2nd Battalion in « Hangard Wood » and he was killed when a shell exploded near them.
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Private Joseph Rosaire Godin
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Private Joseph Rosaire Godin
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Private Joseph Rosaire Godin
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Private Joseph Rosaire Godin
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 415 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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HANGARD WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Hangard is a village in the Department of the Somme, in the valley of the Luce, between Domart and Demuin. The road to Villers-Bretonneux goes due North from the village, up a steep hillside. After a mile it passes between the two portions of Hangard Wood, and HANGARD WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY will be found at this point, on the side of the road.
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