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Baptized Joseph-Antonio-Guillaume-Charles-Émile Gatien.
Son of Émile-Charles Gatien and Victoria Millet (deceased in 1904), of Sherbrooke, Québec.
A cadet in the Canadian Officer Training Corps, he was promoted to second lieutenant on December 15, 1915. He enlisted on the 21st in the 163rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force with this rank. On October 10, 1916, he left for Bermuda with this unit until November 18, when he went to Great Britain via Halifax, Nova Scotia, on November 27. He arrived in Liverpool, England, on December 6. On January 7, 1917, he was incorporated into the 10th Reserve Battalion in Shoreham, and on May 15, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion. On the 17th, he landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, and on the 25th, he joined his new unit in the Vimy sector as reinforcement. On August 15, 1917, at around 4:25 a.m., at the head of Company B, he launched an assault on the enemy trenches. He was wounded in the leg and fell into a shell hole. His orderly tried to treat him, but he ordered him to go and find a stretcher bearer. When he returned, there was no trace of the lieutenant. He was buried in Hulluch, about 3 miles (5 km) south of La Bassée. After the war, he was exhumed and reburied in St. Mary's Cemetery in Haisnes.
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Page 242 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. MARY'S A.D.S. CEMETERY, HAISNES Pas de Calais, France
ST. MARY'S A.D.S. CEMETERY is located in the vicinity of Haisnes which lies between the towns of Lens and La Bassee in the Pas-de-Calais. Although the Cemetery lies in open farmland, there are neighbouring towns of Vermelles, Loos-en-Gohelle and Hulluch.
The Cemetery can be reached from the D947, Lens to La Bassee road, and a CWGC signpost is visible on this road. The Cemetery is to be found on the D39, Hulluch to Vermelles road.
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