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He sailed for Great Britain on 9 December 1939 and arrived in Greenock, Scotland, on the 18th. On 29 June 1943, he embarked to take part in the Allied landings in Sicily. He landed on the beaches on the 11th, the day after the start of Operation Husky. He set foot in Italy on 3 September and drowned accidentally on 28 September. At the time, the Royal 22e Régiment was at San Severo, on the Foggia plain.
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Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CASSINO MEMORIAL Italy
Cassino War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres south-east of Rome. It is situated in the valley of the River Liri immediately below the southern spurs of the central Apennines. Above it a distance of one kilometre is the dominating hill on which stands the Abbey of Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedict in the year 529 on the site of an ancient temple of Apollo.
If approaching the cemetery by road, follow the Highway A2 from Rome to Naples and leave it at the Cassino exit. After passing the pay booths, follow the sign for Cassino. At the traffic lights, after a block of flats, turn right towards the locality of S. Angelo and the CWGC signs will then be seen.
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