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Baptized Joseph Louis Léopold Filiatrault. Son of Albéric Filiatrault and Ida Leblanc of Montréal, Québec.
Enlisted in the Royal 22nd Regiment in Montreal, Quebec, he sailed for Great Britain on December 9, 1939, and landed in Greenock, Scotland, on the 18th. He was awarded the Good Conduct Badge on April 17, 1942. On June 15, 1943, he sailed for the Mediterranean with Force M. He landed on the beaches of Sicily on July 10 as part of Operation Husky. He was killed in action on July 28, 1943, during an assault on Mount Scalpello, near Catenanuova in Sicily. He was buried there the same day before being exhumed around October 14, 1944, to be reburied in the cemetery in Agira. He had served 1,351 days, including 1,327 overseas.
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Grave marker from Leopold Filiatrault's grave at Agira Canadian War Cemetery.
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Corporal Leopold Filiatrault
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Corporal Leopold Filiatrault
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Corporal Leopold Filiatrault
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leopold Filiatrault
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leopold Filiatrault
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leopold Filiatrault
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leopold Filiatrault
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leopold Filiatrault
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leopold Filiatrault
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 159 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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