D 15141 Sgt Paul Barrette, Royal Canadian Engineer

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Re: D 15141 Sgt Paul Barrette, Royal Canadian Engineer

Post by Pierre-Aldric » Sun Dec 21, 2025 7:38 am

Hello everyone,
Just to share with you the amazing trip in Normandy with Mario Barrette to honor PAUL EMILE BARRETTE of the 16th field coy RCE. We had the opportunity to share the story with local journalists who helped us (Sybille HECHT). During this trip, we were to the Juno beach center and meet differents amazing friends working in meuseums. I share here the three articles of Juno Beach Center and Local newspapers who highlight one BIG NEWS: we discover, due to the researchs of all people here, a temporary Canadian cimetery unknow until this year !! So thanks you to all people who we involved into this honoring trip and researchs, our work have a great finality: Temporary second canadian cimetery of BERNIERE SUR MER has been discovered !

Juno Beach Article:
https://www.junobeach.org/fr/sur-les-tr ... 30826174b5

Local newspaper articles
https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/b ... efb9dd6aad

https://www.lamanchelibre.fr/actualite- ... e-du-d-day

Cimetery Links of IWM (photo taken on july 10th 1944):
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item ... /205156520
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item ... /205156519
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item ... /205156521
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item ... /205156516
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item ... /205156522
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item ... /205156517
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item ... /205156518


Finaly I would just Thanks you so much you Barry (TEMUJIN) without you, this adventure wouldn't have been possible, so a huge thank you!
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