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René Gatien

In memory of:

Private René Gatien

March 6, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

166530

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Pioneers

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 24, 1897
Sturgeon Falls, Nipissing, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 11, 1916
Hazeley Down Camp, Winchester, England

Son of Felix and Valentine (Meilleur) Gatien, of Sudbury, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 242 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. G. 52.

Location:

Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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