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  Remembering World War I
      Yarmouth Connections
 
 
  
 
 
  Charles Adrien Pothier
 
 
 
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  Charles Adrien Pothier 
  666612
  
  
  Private
  165th Battalion  
  No. 47 Company Canadian Forestry Corps 
  December 24, 1892
  Wedgeport, Yarmouth Co., NS
  May 4, 1916
    
  Moncton, NB
  Yarmouth, NS
  26
  5 feet, 7¼ inches
  fair
  light brown
  blue
  Married
  Roman Catholic
  Jeweller and Watchmaker
  Albert A. Pothier (Father) Wedgeport, Yarmouth Co., NS
  
  
  
  May 5, 1919 (Halifax, NS)
  Having enlisted with the 165th Battalion Charles embarked Canada on the SS Metagama at Halifax on 
  March 25, 1917, and disembarked in England at Liverpool on April 4, 1917.
  He transferred to No. 47 Company Canadian Forestry Corps and landed in France on June 22, 1917.  He 
  was awarded a Good Conduct Badge on June 5, 1918.
  Private Pothier returned to Canada on April 14, 1919, and was discharged at demobilization on May 5, 
  1919, at Halifax, NS.
  Charles’ father, Albert Pothier (666694) and his two brothers  Luc Amand Pothier (666610), and Cyrille 
  Edward Pothier (666533) also served with the 165th Battalion.