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received the confirmation that their son had been killed.
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He was first considered missing in action,
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and his body was identified only in spring 1917.
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Berthe and Auguste Gallais could not wait until the end of the war
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to see the place where their son, Maurice, was buried.
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Despite the obvious danger, despite the restrictions imposed by the military authorities,
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they drove to Bouchavesne,
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in 1917--can you imagine that, in 1917?
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they drove to Bouchavesne as soon as they could and they took pictures of the temporary grave.
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In 1922, almost four years after the armistice,
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they decided to bury maurice for the second time.
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Auguste Gallais, his father, wrote to the mayor of bouchavesne,