D 15141 Sgt Paul Barrette, Royal Canadian Engineer

[mbarrette15]

Finally catching up with all your discovery - many thanks to you both

Fired off many enquiries and will be visiting ottawa to do more research.
I hope there is a report from his superior as to how he died so that could have been communicated to his surviving mother.


New discovery
BARRETTE, Paul Emile. Pte. D.63008. 571 Iberville St., Montreal, Que. son of Joseph Barrette
he came up in my research on my great grandfather Paul Barrette -D-15141 .

Oddly enough I find nothing other than news clipping saying he went from missing in action to prisoners of war during Dieppe Raid
....weird...
my own dad kept telling me that our uncle died on Dieppe yet it was on D-day then this fellow shows up with a dad Joseph Barrette living 571 Iberville St., Montreal, ... my dad`s father was Joseph !!!





PREVIOUSLY. REPORTED MISSING,
NOW REPORTED PRISONER
OF WAR.
Regiment de Quebec.
BARRETTE, Paul Emile, Pte. Montreal


177 Montgomery Montreal census 1921

Name Gender Relation Marital status Birth
Barrette Joseph M 36 ans vendeur Married 1884
Barrette Alma F 30 ans Married 1890
Barrette Paul Emile M 6 ans Single 1914
Barrette Marcel M 3 ans Single 1917
Barrette Rene M 2 ans Single 1918
Barrette Alexandre M 1 ans Single 1919

Anyway - any help would be appreciated

[mbarrette15]

Thank you for all the research !! much appreciated.

[Temujin]

BARRETTE, Paul Emile, He was a POW

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[Temujin]

Stalag IID (Stargard), Poland

https://www.ww2aerialreconstudies.com/s ... hotos.html

https://www.itouchmap.com/?p=53.32%2C14 ... lag%20II-D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_II-D

[Pierre-Aldric]

Bonjour Kevin, bonjour à tous,
Je me permets de vous contacter car je fais parti d'une association de reconstitution historique dans le nord de la France dédiée à la 16th field coy !! Je viens d'apprendre beaucoup de choses grâce à vos différentes sources à tous. Si vous souhaitez, nous pouvons vous fournir un appui dans le cadre de vos recherche sur le Sgt P. Barette matricule D 15141.
Je vous mets par ailleurs le lien de notre page facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBeaverSam
Bonne journée et à bientôt !
Pierre-Aldric.

[mbarrette15]

Salut Pierre-Aldric,

Tres heureux de voir ton site The Beaver Sam !
Oui, j`aimerais beacoup votre aide sur les circonstances entourant la mort de mon grand oncle Paul Barrette le 6 juin 1944.
Si tu revois toutes l`information que Temujn a trouvé en plus de mes recherches, on devrait sous peu confirmer avec quelle ploton, bateau etc il a debarqué. De la, votre talent pour la reenaction pourrait nous aider a savoir comment il est mort dans les rues de St-Aubin.
Je vais aussi suivre votre site Facebook. Qui sais ..peut-etre que je serai a vos côté le 6 juin 2024 pour la reenaction du debarquement du 16e Coy RCE !!
Au plaisir de te lire.
Mario

ps Mes recherches font partie d`un projet de livre sur mes "ancêtres" dont Jean Barrette de Beuzeville qui sera le premier a atterir en Nouvelle-France en 1646 a l`age de 16 ans . L`histoire de celui qui vient en coloniser cette nouvelle patrie et dont la descendance inclura un Paul-Emile Barrette qui fera partie du raid sur Dieppe en 1942 et d`un autre qui débarquera sur les plages de ces ancêtres pour libérer leur patrie ! Je suis aussi à la recherche dùn descendant de Guillaume Barrette et Thipaine Carré, parent de Jean Barrette qui aurait possiblement eu une implication en France (resistance).
Une belle histoire, un cercle de vie de 300 ans !!

[mbarrette15]

Thank you gentlemen for all your work and research.

Looks like the typical archives will not yield what platoon he belong to on Dday and how he died.

My next move is to retrace the available testimonies of those from his regiment who live to tell the story of wht happened that day.
So I`ll survey the net for just that.

I`ll create profiles of each and will eventually include them in my story.

Just a quick recap that I`m hoping to write a story on my great uncle return to France as a descendant of his ancestor who left the same area in 1646 to colonize New France.

Still looking for how Paul Emile Barrette D 63008 POW 25540 returned home after the Polish camp liberation, if at all.
Cannot find trace of him back in Quebec post war - found his parents who married in 1913 so he was likley born in 1914 - oldest.

Thanks