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GOFFIN

First World War
Première Guerre mondiale
Ersten Weltkrieg
First World War

Who am I

photo soldier
Desire Joseph
GOFFIN
Sex: 
Man
Sex: 
Homme
Sex: 
Mann
Sex: 
Man
Nationality: 
B
4643
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14858

My life before the war

Date of birth: 
30/06/1865
Place of birth: 
Marchin-lez-Huy
Address: 
Gent Normaalschoolstraat 28
Name father: 
Jean Joseph
Name mother: 
BURTON Marie Catherine
Married with: 
ongehuwd
Body height: 
1 m 780
Hair colour: 
grijs/blonde snor
Hair colour: 
gris/moustache blonde

My military career

Date of death: 
28/09/1918
Cause of death: 
gestorven (kogel in de buik)
Cause of death: 
mort (balle dans le ventre)
Cause of death: 
gestorben (Bauchschuss)
Cause of death: 
killed (shot in the stomach)
Place of death: 
Merkem (Nachtegaal)
Cemetery: 
Houthulst Poelkapellestraat militaire begraafplaats graf N - 1 - 1258
Cemetery: 
50 m van baan Kippe - Merkem graf nr D. 9b 198/10/03
Cemetery: 
Houthulst Poelkapellestraat cimetière militaire tombe N - 1 - 1258
Cemetery: 
Houthulst
Date of enlistment: 
16/12/1884
Rank: 
Majoor
Rank: 
Major
Service number: 
122/11925
Unit: 
22 Li 1/