PAYETTE, PTE. HENRY JOSEPH Regimental #658067
Henry Joseph Payette was born July 5, 1894 in Queensborough, son of Antoine Payette and Mary Alice (Genereaux) Payette. He enlisted on July 18, 1916 in Sundridge. Henry Joseph Payette was the brother of Felix and of Joseph Payette who is also discussed in this report.
In his Attestation Paper, Henry identified his current address as Ahmic Harbour.
The service record of Henry Joseph Payette
Henry Joseph landed in Liverpool, England Nov. 11, 1916. On Dec. 9th he was taken on strength to the 35th Battalion and on January 4, 1917 he was transferred to the 4th Reserve Battalion.
In February he was transferred to the 1st Battalion and by March he was in France.
On April 14, 1917 he was admitted to hospital at Camiers and then to Brighton. with a gun shot wound to his left arm suffered at Vimy Ridge.
On November 19, 1917 he was posted back to the 1st Battalion.
On September 29, 1918 he died from shrapnel wounds to his head, hands and right leg received the day before..
According to Veterans Affairs, on September 28, 1918 the Canadian 1st Division was part of the effort at Canal du Nord. Canadian troops advanced as much as two kilometers in a day of heavy fighting, clearing out the rest of the Marcoing Line trench system in their sector. Meanwhile, troops in the Corps center cleared the villages of Raillencourt and Sailly, which straddled the Marcoing Line trench system. They were halted, however, by heavy German shelling short of the Douai-Cambrai road.
