SOULIERE, PATRICK
Patrick Edmund Soulliere was born November 20, 1922 in Capreol.
He married Verna May Stewart in Dunchurch on June 25, 1988. (Verna was the daughter of Dave and Marguerita ‘Rita’ (Ellsworth) Stewart of Magnetawan.
Patrick died January 3, 1995 and is buried in Fairholme Cemetery.
Patrick Souliere
Patrick is understood to have been in the 1st Parachute Regiment, Canadian Army
The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Canadian Army formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe, Landing in Normandy during Operation Tonga, in conjunction with the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity, in March 1945. After the end of hostilities in Europe, the battalion was returned to Canada where it was disbanded on 30 September 1945.
By the end of the war the battalion had gained a remarkable reputation: they never failed to complete a mission, and they never gave up an objective once taken. They are the only Canadians to participate in the Battle of the Bulge and had advanced deeper than any other Canadian unit into enemy territory.
