Private Donat Courtois

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Courtois, Donat

Date of birth: 1882-07-26

Place of birth: Canada

Next of kin: Mrs. Mary Courtois, Mother, 15 Broad(?) St., Auburn, Maine, U.S.A.

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Labourer

Occupation (normalized): Labourer

Religion: Roman Catholic

Date of death: 1917-03-27

Cause of death: Died in war, unknown cause

Buried: Ecoivres Military Cemetery, IV. H. 7.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 417258

Highest Rank: Private

Rank detail

Private (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: Direct hit on a dugout killing 8 men of the 5th CMR, plus men from other units.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 65021

LAC ID: 120741

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B2054-S012

Uploader's Notes:

Son of Alexis and Marie Courtois. Native of Canada.

The 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles War Diary includes an entry dated March 27th, 1917, regarding a direct hit on a dug-out occupied by 14 men of "B" Company (5th CMR) and 16 men from other units. The 5th CMR lost 8 men in this tragic incident.

The War Diary entry for March 28th, 1917 noted that the funeral was held at 9:00 am at Ecoivres Cemetery. Direct hit was somewhere in vicinity of Neuville St. Vaast. Captain Rev. Duncan and R.C. Chaplain Father Lowry officiated with all available officers, N.C.O.s, and men attending.

List of the Eight (8) 5th CMR Men who died March 27th:

1. Pte. Donat Courtois, 417258, 5th CMR. Grave IV H 7

2. Sgt. David Craig, 110110, 5th CMR. Grave IV H 1

3. Pte. David Johnson Kane, 832799, 5 CMR. Grave IV H 3

4. Pte. Herbert William Robinson, 709575, 5 CMR. Grave IV H 5

5. Pte. Robert John Leet, 709619, 5 CMR. Grave IV H 20

6. Pte. Hudson Taylor MacFarlane, 110341, 5 CMR. Grave IV H 4

7. Pte. Bertram Havelock Nickerson, 469187, 5 CMR. Grave IV H 19

8. Lance Corp. Joseph Phelps, 110449, 5 CMR. Grave IV H 2

Uploader's Research notes: Compiled by M. I. Pirie, 2013. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2013-07-20