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On 4 September 1940, he enlisted with the 6th Hussars of the Active Militia, regimental number D-277, and was promoted to Sergeant on the 5th. On 1 May 1941, he was transferred to the Active Reserve Command - NPAM - of the Canadian Army in St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, with regimental number D-400405. On 12 December 1941, he graduated as 2nd Lieutenant from officer training school in Brockville, Ontario, and on 12 January 1942, as Lieutenant. On 20 July 1943, he embarked for England, arriving on the 28th. On 22 December 1943, he was first transferred to the Royal Winnipeg Regiment, and on 24 February 1944 to the Essex Scottish Regiment. On 9 April 1944, he landed in Italy and was transferred to the 4th Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment. He was killed in action on 21 September 1941 during the Battle of San Fortunato. He was buried in Pesaro, Italy, before being exhumed and reburied in Gradara War Cemetery, Italy.
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Lieutenant Armand Edgar Cardin
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Lieutenant Armand Edgar Cardin
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Lieutenant Armand Edgar Cardin
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 268 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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