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Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Simon Doucette
Regimental Number:
283211
Rank:
Private
Battalion:
219th Battalion/85th Battalion
Date of Birth:
March 2, 1896
Place of Birth:
Tusket NS
Date of Enlistment:
March 30, 1916
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Tusket, NS
Age at Enlistment:
20
Height: 5 Feet 8 Inches
Complexion: medium
Eyes: blue
Hair: dark brown
Prior Military Experience:
29th Battery, CFA, Yarmouth, NS
Trade:
Farmer
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Frank A Doucette (Father), Tusket, NS
Date of Death:
October 30, 1917 (Passchendaele)
Age at Death:
21
Memorial:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium
Panel 26 - 30
Commemorated on Page 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 23
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 219th Battalion
Listed on the Tusket Memorial
Commemorated on the Yarmouth Monument
Simon was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Doucette. He enlisted along with Felix
Doucette after the recruiting rally in the Tusket Court House, March 18, 1916. He
served with the 85th Battalion in France and was killed in action at Passchendaele.
Throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s his mother placed flowers at the base of the
Tusket Memorial at the Memorial Service held on the third Sunday of August each year.
Simon Doucette
Sources:
Library and Archives Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada
Additional Information:
“A Monument Speaks” A Thurston; 1989 (p 147)