Whenever I visit a cemetery I always stop and pay my respects to any fallen heroes. Since Remembrance Day is this week in Canada, I’m sharing a memorial stone I saw several years ago when I was visiting Paquetville (Gloucester County) New Brunswick. As you will see from the genealogy notes below, these soldiers never came back home to Paquetville. They rest on the battlefields of Europe.

A la memoire de nos bien aimes soldats

(in the memory of our beloved soldiers)

Frederic Theriault

Felix Labrie

Alfred Gallant

Jacques Theriault

Ernest Pinette

Docithe Hebert

Francois Savoie

Joseph Hache

Frederic Vautour

Some Historical/Genealogy Notes:

Louis-Felix Labrie (b. 13 Jan 1897, Shippegan) died on August 28th, 1918 at the age of 21 yrs. and is buried at Quebec Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. His parents were David Labrie and Hombeline Hebert of Paquetville. He had served with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) of the 22nd Bn. Sources: Registers of the Parish of St-Jerome, Commonwealth War Graves & CEF.

Frank Savoie died on June 2nd, 1916. He had enlisted at the age of only 15 years old and was dead just after his 16th birthday. His parents were Henri and Marie Obeline Savoie. He served with the 42nd Bn. of the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) and is buried at Memin Gate (Ypres) Memorial in Belgium. Sources: Commonwealth War Graves

Docithe Hebert (b. 16 Dec 1892) died on August 12th, 1916 at the age of 24 and is buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground in Belgium. He served with the 60th Bn. of the Canadian Infantry. His father was Isaac Hebert of Paquetville. Sources: Commonwealth War Graves, CEF.

Joseph Hache died on 15 Sep 1916 at the age of 33 yrs. and is buried at the Vimy Memorial in Pas de Calais, France. He fought with the 26th Bn. of the New Brunswick Regiment of Canadian Infantry. Source: Commonwealth War Graves

John Frederic Vautour (b.5 Nov 1896 , Upper Baie-du-Vin) died on 3 Jul 1917 at the age of 23 yrs and is buried Bruay Communal Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. He served with the 42nd Bn. of the Quebec Regiment (Canadian Infantry). His parents were Larry Vautour and Hannah Holland of Burnsville (Gloucester County) New Brunswick, but at the time of his enlistment he was living in Bathurst. Sources: Registers of the Parish of Ste-Marguerite

Ernest Pinet My research to-date suggests that this is Joseph Ernest Pinet (b. 10 Sept 1899) son of  William Pinet and Josephine Joncas. There is an Ernest William Pinet who died on October 19th, 1918. he belonged to the Canadian Forestry Corps (59th Coy.) but there is no further information available about his background. There is also an enlistment record listed – but not digitized – at CEF.  Sources: Paquetville Church Registers, Commonwealth War Graves & CEF.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) – Veterans Affairs Canada

Soldiers of the First World War – CEF