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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.