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Baptized Joseph Philias Alexandre Dufour. Son of Henri Dufour and Cléophée Lévesque. Husband of Eva Thibodeau, who remarried before 1950 to a man named Hurd. Father of Alexandre Dufour.
Under the National Resources Mobilization Act of 1940, on August 21, 1942, he reported to the recruitment center in Montreal South, Quebec. He was assigned the registration number D-637497. On November 10, in St-Jérôme, he enlisted in the Fusiliers Mont-Royal, serial number D-163225, of the regular forces. On February 14, 1943, he was transferred to the Voltigeurs de Québec. On July 21, he embarked for Scotland, where he landed at Greenock on the 28th. On September 13, he was transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Royal 22e Regiment and on the 24th, he landed on the Italian mainland with Force M. On December 16, 1943, he went to the front line in Campobasso, where he was reported missing in action that same day. His name was inscribed on the Cassino Memorial. He had served 402 days, including 148 overseas.
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Cassino Memorial
Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Alexandre Dufour
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Private Alexandre Dufour
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Page 155 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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