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They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
RAAUZYUE RCWEWLA5021 0131820-UUUU--RCWXUAD R 130929Z JAN 21 FM MARPACHHQ ESQUIMALT//N00// TO MARPACGEN BT UNCLAS MARPACGEN 002/21 SIC WUA SUBJ: NOTIFICATION OF DEATH - CPO1 GAETAN (BUTCH) BOUCHARD 1. THE COMMANDER OF MARITIME FORCES PACFIC, RADM BOB AUCHTERLONIE, REGRETS TO ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF CPO1 GAETAN (BUTCH) BOUCHARD WHO PASSED AWAY ON 04 JAN 2021 2. BUTCH WAS BORN ON 20 DECEMBER 1967, IN LORRETTVILLE, QC. HE JOINED THE NAVY IN 1987, COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT SAINT-JAN, AND ON COMPLETION WAS POSTED AS STEWARD TO BOTH ESQIMALT AND GREENWOOD. DURING THIS TIME HE ALSO QUALIFIED AS A FLIGHT STEWARD, IN NOVEMBER 1994 HE DEPARTED THE CAF TEMPORARILY AND IN 2000 HE RETURNED TO THE NAVY, WITH POSTINGS TO SEVERAL PACIFIC FLEET UNITS, INCLUDING DEPLOYMENTS FOR OP ALTAIR AND OP APOLLO, AND A TOUR AT CFS ALERT. EVENTUALLY BUTCH WAS POSTED TO OTTAWA TO WORK AT DGMP, EARNING PROMOTION TO CPO1 AND SUBSEQUENTLY BEING POSTED BACK TO ESQUIMALT TO THE NAVAL TRAINING DEVELOPMENT CENTRE PACIFC. A LONG TIME MENTOR TO JUNIOR STEWARDS, AND A STRONG BELIEVER IN PROFESSIONAL CAMARADERIE, BUTCH VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE ON THE DUTIES OF PMC FOR THE CPO MESS, A REMARKABLE UNDERTAKING DURING COVID DISPERSAL AND A TASK TO WHICH HE WAS EMINENTLY SUITED. BUTCH BELIEVED STRONGLY IN HIS JOB AND SUPPORTING HIS FELLOW SAILORS. HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED. 3.A. LYNNE AND THEIR CHILDREN BRANDON AND BELLA WILL HOLD A FAMILY MEMORIAL THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT HATLEY MEMORIAL GARDENS, WHICH WILL BE STREAMED ONLINE, 16 JANUARY 2021 AT 1000 HTTP://WWW.LIVEMEMORIALSERVICES.COM/HOME/SERVICEDETAIL/9566, PASSWORD IS BOUCHARD6721 (B IN CAPITAL, REMAINDER LOWER-CASE) B. A MILITARY CELEGRATION OF LIFE WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATEAND TIME TO BE DETERMINED BT #5021
PO2 G. J. Bouchard
In Service of Canada - RCN Peacetime Casualty Index
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