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Baptized Joseph Arthur Roger Gaudet, Son of Oliva Gaudet and Marie Anne Bouchard of Sherbrooke, Québec. Husband of Rita Desrochers of Sherbrooke. Father of Jacques and Claude Gaudet.
He was a cadet in Victoriaville, Arthabaska, Quebec, then served in the 54th Sherbrooke Regiment – NPAM – serial number 399, in the Sherbrooke Fusiliers – NPAM – serial number 50737 from September 7, 1940, to July 31, 1941. He enlisted at the 4th Military District Depot in Sherbrooke on July 31 in the Royal 22nd Regiment, service number D-124774.
On August 25, 1943, he embarked for Great Britain and arrived on September 1. Assigned to the Mediterranean theater of operations, he was incorporated into Force M. He embarked on February 19, 1944, and landed on the Italian mainland on March 3 to take part in combat along the Gothic Line at Borgo Santa Maria with the 1st Battalion.
On September 14, 1944, at around 4 a.m., enemy artillery opened fire on Mount Marano. From the first salvoes, the lead platoon took two direct hits and lost twelve men, three of whom were killed. Gaudet was seriously wounded and died of his injuries the same day. He was buried in Pesaro on the 15th, in grave number 2. Around October 9, 1945, his body was exhumed and reburied in Gradara. He had served 1,466 days, including 386 days overseas.
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Page 313 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GRADARA WAR CEMETERY Italy
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY is situated in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro, at a distance of about 1.5 kilometres from the shores of the Adriatic. To reach the GRADARA WAR CEMETERY from Highway A14 (Bologna-Taranto), exit at Cattolica, which is the nearest town and a seaside resort. The Cemetery is on the main road 5 kilometres south west of the town.
The cemetery occupies a unique position on a hillside which was terraced for agriculture, each row of graves taking up one terrace. The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1944 and it contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini (which broke the Gothic Line) and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21st September 1944.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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