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He embarked for Great Britain on 4 April 1944, and arriving on the 11th. On 5 June he was transferred to the 4th Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment and was sent to Italy on the 16th.
‘The Battalion moved to its new sector across the Conca and prepared a defensive position which it held until the night of 8-9 September [1944], when it was replaced by a battalion of the 1st Greek Brigade. Histoire du Royal 22e Régiment, page 288. He was seriously wounded on 8 September 1944 in the defence of Conca. At the hospital in San Giovanni, the doctors tried to save his life, but he died of his wounds on the 9th. He was buried there on the 10th in grave number 31. On 20 June 1945, his body was exhumed and laid to rest in the British Empire Cemetery at Gradara.
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 272 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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