Nécropole nationale "MONTDIDIER", Montdidier, Somme

Religious Oblate of Mary Immaculate– first vows 1913 at Thy-le Chateau, Belgium
Military service record indicates he was a student living in St Helier, Jersey prior to enlistment.
(Also recorded as Brother Stephanus Couanet in Oblate death records)

Remembered on:
Memorial Plaque in the Church at Beaufort-en-Vallee
French Consular WW1 Honour Board, now located in St Thomas’ Church St Helier Jersey

 

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Soldat 2nd Classe Etienne René Joseph Couanet
Soldat 2nd Class, 66e Regiment d’Infanterie
11/06/1918

Medal Militaire (posthume)	Croix de guerre with bronze star

 

Matricule au recrutement: #420, Angers, Class 1915
Incorporated 32e RI 9 Jan 1915
Passed to 66e RI 10 Sep 1916

Born on 01/04/1897 at Beaufort-en-Vallee, Maine-et-Loire
Son of Louis Auguste Couanet & Anne Dohin

Killed in Action on 11/06/1918 at Hemevillers, Gournay-sur-Aronde, Oise, aged 21 years

Citation: By Order of the Regiment 30 May 1917: “On May 8, 1917, did
not hesitate to go and repair the telephone lines, despite the
intensity of the bombardment and the bursts of enemy machine
gun bullets. Courageous telephone soldier.”