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CPL Étienne Gonthier

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CPL Étienne Gonthier

Birth
Saint-Georges, Chaudiere-Appalaches Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
23 Jan 2008 (aged 21)
Panjwayne District, Kandahar, Afghanistan
Burial
Saint-Georges, Chaudiere-Appalaches Region, Quebec, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Columbarium M - Numéro 41
Memorial ID
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Recipient of Sacrifice Medal (posthumous)

Corporal, 5th Combat Engineer Regiment based in Valcartier, Québec. Aged 21, he was from Saint-Georges, QC and deployed in July 2007 to serve with the Canadian contingent of NATO forces in Afghanistan.

He was killed and two soldiers wounded when their light armoured vehicle hit a roadside bomb about 35 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City in Panjwaii district. They were part of a team of sappers clearing mines from a road ahead of a convoy.

Cpl Gonthier was remembered as a big-hearted man who was always in good spirits. He joined the military in 2004 and was on his first foreign mission. Although he received a promotion from Sapper in December, he never had the chance to wear his rank in the field. He is survived by his parents Bernard Gonthier (Gaétanne Roy) and France Poulin (Paul Fortin), sister Catherine Gonthier, grandparents Armand & Rita Gonthier and Germain & Solange Poulin, his girlfriend Cinthia Morin and other relatives.

He is the 78th soldier, along with a diplomat, to die since Canada first sent troops to Afghanistan in 2002.

Military funeral held on February 2, 2008 at Saint-Georges Church.
Étienne Gonthier

À district de Panjwai à le province de Kandahâr en Afghanistan, le mercredi 23 janvier 2008, à l'âge de 21 ans et 11 mois, est décédé le caporal Étienne Gonthier, membre du 5e Régiment du Génie de Combat basé à Valcartier.

Il était le fils de Monsieur Bernard Gonthier et de Madame France Poulin.

Il demeurait à Québec et autrefois de Saint-Georges de Beauce.

Il laisse dans le deuil ses parents : sa mère Madame France Poulin (Paul Fortin), son père Monsieur Bernard Gonthier (Gaétanne Roy); sa soeur Catherine Gonthier; sa conjointe Cinthia Morin; ses grands-parents paternels : Monsieur Armand et Dame Rita Gonthier; ses grands-parents maternels : Monsieur Germain et Dame Solange Poulin; ses oncles et tantes : Johanne, Suzanne (Carol Fortin), Simon, Hélène (Guy Paquet), Jean-François (Trudy Sibley), Sylvie et Claire; ses cousins et cousines : David, Nicholas, Nadia, Mathieu, Marie-Pier, Tanya, Benoit, Charles-Antoine et Marc-Olivier. Il laisse également dans le deuil de nombreux ami(e)s.

Des funérailles militaires ont été célébrées en l'église Saint-Georges (Secteur Ouest) le samedi 2 février 2008 à 11h et delà au mausolée du Parc commémoratif Chaudière-Appalaches sous la direction de La maison funéraire Roy & Giguère Inc. 2550, 1ere Avenue, Saint-Georges (secteur Ouest).

Au lieu de fleurs, veuillez envoyer des dons commémoratifs à:
Fondation CHUQ - Néonatalogie
10, rue de l'Espinay
Québec QC G1L 3L5
Recipient of Sacrifice Medal (posthumous)

Corporal, 5th Combat Engineer Regiment based in Valcartier, Québec. Aged 21, he was from Saint-Georges, QC and deployed in July 2007 to serve with the Canadian contingent of NATO forces in Afghanistan.

He was killed and two soldiers wounded when their light armoured vehicle hit a roadside bomb about 35 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City in Panjwaii district. They were part of a team of sappers clearing mines from a road ahead of a convoy.

Cpl Gonthier was remembered as a big-hearted man who was always in good spirits. He joined the military in 2004 and was on his first foreign mission. Although he received a promotion from Sapper in December, he never had the chance to wear his rank in the field. He is survived by his parents Bernard Gonthier (Gaétanne Roy) and France Poulin (Paul Fortin), sister Catherine Gonthier, grandparents Armand & Rita Gonthier and Germain & Solange Poulin, his girlfriend Cinthia Morin and other relatives.

He is the 78th soldier, along with a diplomat, to die since Canada first sent troops to Afghanistan in 2002.

Military funeral held on February 2, 2008 at Saint-Georges Church.
Étienne Gonthier

À district de Panjwai à le province de Kandahâr en Afghanistan, le mercredi 23 janvier 2008, à l'âge de 21 ans et 11 mois, est décédé le caporal Étienne Gonthier, membre du 5e Régiment du Génie de Combat basé à Valcartier.

Il était le fils de Monsieur Bernard Gonthier et de Madame France Poulin.

Il demeurait à Québec et autrefois de Saint-Georges de Beauce.

Il laisse dans le deuil ses parents : sa mère Madame France Poulin (Paul Fortin), son père Monsieur Bernard Gonthier (Gaétanne Roy); sa soeur Catherine Gonthier; sa conjointe Cinthia Morin; ses grands-parents paternels : Monsieur Armand et Dame Rita Gonthier; ses grands-parents maternels : Monsieur Germain et Dame Solange Poulin; ses oncles et tantes : Johanne, Suzanne (Carol Fortin), Simon, Hélène (Guy Paquet), Jean-François (Trudy Sibley), Sylvie et Claire; ses cousins et cousines : David, Nicholas, Nadia, Mathieu, Marie-Pier, Tanya, Benoit, Charles-Antoine et Marc-Olivier. Il laisse également dans le deuil de nombreux ami(e)s.

Des funérailles militaires ont été célébrées en l'église Saint-Georges (Secteur Ouest) le samedi 2 février 2008 à 11h et delà au mausolée du Parc commémoratif Chaudière-Appalaches sous la direction de La maison funéraire Roy & Giguère Inc. 2550, 1ere Avenue, Saint-Georges (secteur Ouest).

Au lieu de fleurs, veuillez envoyer des dons commémoratifs à:
Fondation CHUQ - Néonatalogie
10, rue de l'Espinay
Québec QC G1L 3L5

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  • Created by: Milou
  • Added: Jan 24, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24153641/%C3%A9tienne-gonthier: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Étienne Gonthier (3 Feb 1986–23 Jan 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24153641, citing Chaudière-Appalaches Memorial Park, Saint-Georges, Chaudiere-Appalaches Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Milou (contributor 46858724).