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Baptized Joseph Henri Gauthier. Son of Joseph Arthur Gauthier and Élise Sirois of Montreal, Quebec. Brother of Acting Corporal Gilberte Gauthier, service number W-4681, of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC).
He previously served in the Régiment de Maisonneuve – NPAM – serial number 1559, from March 1, 1938, to May 10, 1939. Extremely undisciplined soldier. He enlisted on October 19, 1939, in Montreal with the Royal 22nd Regiment, Company B, serial number E-4371. He sailed for Great Britain on December 9 and arrived in Greenock, Scotland, on the 18th. From July 11, 1940, to April 24, 1941, he served in the 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron. On April 23, 1941, he was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment. Incorporated into Force M on June 15, 1943, he set sail to take part in Operation Husky. On July 10, he landed on the beaches of Pachino, Sicily. He was killed in action during an assault on Mount Santa Maria, near Catanenova, where he was buried on August 1 before being exhumed and reburied in Agira. He had served 1,378 days, including 1,326 days overseas.
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Page 162 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
Agira Canadian War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Agira, Province of Enna, in the centre of Sicily. From the autostrada A19, Catania-Palermo, take the exit to Catenanuova. Follow signposts to Regalbuto, then pass Regalbuto, going in the direction of Agira. The Cemetery is then signposted about 12 kilometres from Regalbuto.
On 10 July 1943, following the successful conclusion of the north African campaign in mid May, a combined allied force of 160,000 Commonwealth and American troops invaded Sicily as a prelude to the assault on mainland Italy. The Italians, who would shortly make peace with the Allies and re-enter the war on their side, offered little determined resistance but German opposition was vigorous and stubborn. The campaign in Sicily came to an end on 17 August when the two allied forces came together at Messina, but failed to cut off the retreating Axis lines. Agira was taken by the 1st Canadian Division of 28 July and the site for the war cemetery was chosen in September for the burial of all Canadians who had been killed in the Sicily campaign. Agira Canadian War Cemetery contains 491 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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