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Corporal Guy Payette
Monument

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Corporal Guy Payette Veteran

Birth
Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
14 Jun 1945 (aged 28)
Monument
Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada GPS-Latitude: 44.6191711, Longitude: -63.5655479
Plot
Final resting place unknown. Name listed at Panel 16 on the Memorial.
Memorial ID
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Military Service
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.
Military Service
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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  • Maintained by: Sharon
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56172826/guy-payette: accessed ), memorial page for Corporal Guy Payette (4 Dec 1916–14 Jun 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56172826, citing Halifax Memorial, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Sharon (contributor 47715883).