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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Luc Amand Pothier
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Luc Amand Pothier
666610
Sergeant
165th Battalion
July 29, 1888
Wedgeport, Yarmouth Co., NS
May 1, 1916
Halifax NS
Hollis St., Halifax NS
28
5 feet, 6¾ inches
fair
light brown
blue
Married
Roman Catholic
Clerk
Mrs. Elenior Mary Pothier (Wife)
Hollis St., Halifax, NS
July 4. 1955
Luc Pothier enlisted with the 165th Battalion and embarked Canada on the SS Metagama at Halifax on
March 25, 1917 and disembarked in England at Liverpool on April 4, 1917. He was taken on strength with
the 13 Reserve Battalion at Shoreham on April 12, 1917, with the rank of Acting Sergeant. On May 9th at
Sunningdale, England he transferred to No. 40 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps and reverted to the rank
of Private. On May 10, he was appointed Acting Corporal. He landed in La Havre, France on May 25,
1917, and was appointed Company Quartermaster-Sergeant.
On August 3, 1918, he returned to Sunningdale, England and August 8, 1918, he was moved to Canadian
Discharge Depot at Buxton. On September 22, 1918, he returned to Canada.
He was discharged on January 7, 1919 at demobilization at Quebec, having served in Canada, England and
France.
Luc’s father, Albert Pothier (666694) and his two brothers Charles Adrien Pothier (666612), and Cyrille
Edward Pothier (666533) also served with the 165th Battalion.