Service Number: D/157000
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Guy was accidentally shot and killed on the Isle de France shortly after leaving Scotland en route to Canada. A group of paratroopers were examining a German Luger pistol which had been secured as a souvenir of war, when the trigger was pulled and Guy was struck by a bullet.
Son of Joseph Benoni Payette and Elizabeth Payette, of Montreal, Quebec.
Service Number: D/157000
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Guy was accidentally shot and killed on the Isle de France shortly after leaving Scotland en route to Canada. A group of paratroopers were examining a German Luger pistol which had been secured as a souvenir of war, when the trigger was pulled and Guy was struck by a bullet.
Son of Joseph Benoni Payette and Elizabeth Payette, of Montreal, Quebec.
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