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Raymond Joseph Arsenault

In memory of:

Private Raymond Joseph Arsenault

January 7, 1944
Italy

Military Service


Service Number:

F/60713

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information


Born:

May 10, 1918
Mont-Carmel, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

March 14, 1941
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of Andrew and Phoebe Arsenault, of Wellington, Prince Edward Island.

Commemorated on Page 239 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. D. 12.

Location:

By the winter of 1943, the German armies in Italy were defending a line stretching from the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Naples, to the Adriatic Sea south of Ortona. The Allies prepared to break through this line to capture Rome. For its part, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was to cross the Moro River and take Ortona. In January 1944 the Canadian Corps selected this site, intending that it would contain the graves of those who died during the Ortona battle and in the fighting in the weeks before and after it. Today, there are 1,615 graves in the cemetery, of which over 50 are unidentified and 1,375 are Canadian.

The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery lies in the locality of San Donato in the Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti, and is sited on high ground near the sea just east of the main Adriatic coast road (SS16). The cemetery can be reached from Rome on the autostrada A25 (Rome-Pescara) by branching on the autostrada A14 and leaving it at Ortona. The approach road to the cemetery from the main road passes under an arch forming part of the little church of San Donato. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery
  • Photo of Joseph Raymond Arsenault– Pte. Joseph-Raymond Arsenault, son of André Marc Arsenault and Philomène Gallant, enlisted in the P.E.I. Highlanders in September, 1940. After some time in Halifax and Newfoundland, he went overseas in June, 1942 and served with the West Nova Scotia Regiment in Italy, from November, 1943 until his death on January 7, 1944.
  • Entrance– Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Moro Canadian War Cemetery– Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013

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