Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the Voltigeurs de Québec, he was transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on 23 December 1943 and arrived in Italy on the 24th. He was killed in action on 15 September 1944 during an assault on Mount Marano. He was buried in Pesaro before being exhumed and reburied in Gradara. He had 782 days' service, including 421 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Private Pierre-Paul Caron
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Cemetery
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Cemetery
Row of markers in the tiered cemetery - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013
Digital gallery of
Private Pierre-Paul Caron
Digital gallery of
Private Pierre-Paul Caron
Digital gallery of
Private Pierre-Paul Caron
Digital gallery of
Private Pierre-Paul Caron
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 268 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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