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Son of Alvin and Florence L. McCracken, of Wheatley, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Alvin Ray McCracken
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Ray McCracken
located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Ray McCracken
Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Ray McCracken
On the 23rd of May 1944 Ray was ordered to take the Hitler Line. 970 Canadians were wounded, he was one of them. On the hospital ship "Atlantis" , bound for England, he died from peritonitis, and in accordance with Naval tradition was buried at sea at 11:15 a.m. on June 25th 1944.
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located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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On the 23rd of May 1944 Ray was ordered to take the Hitler Line. 970 Canadians were wounded, he was one of them. On the hospital ship "Atlantis" , bound for England, he died from peritonitis, and in accordance with Naval tradition was buried at sea at 11:15 a.m. on June 25th 1944.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 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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