Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
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Entrance
Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Headstone of Robert Free Osler
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Photo of Robert Osler
Wedding of Robert Free Osler ("Bobs") and Elizabeth Evelyn Harty ("Betty"), at Roselawn, Kingston, Ontario, on September 5, 1936. -
Gravemarker
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Robert's Grandson
Jason Osler (Robert´s grandson) becomes the first immediate family member to visit the grave. -
Cemetery
The cemetery, with the medieval town of Agira in the background. -
Photo 2 of Cemetery
The cemetery in context of the Sicilian landscape. (note the arrows) -
Photo 3 of the Cemetery
The entrance to the cemetery. -
Biography
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Entrance
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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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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator, August 17, 1943 -
Photo of Robert Free Osler
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Robert Free Osler
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 200 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
Agira Canadian War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Agira, Province of Enna, in the centre of Sicily. From the autostrada A19, Catania-Palermo, take the exit to Catenanuova. Follow signposts to Regalbuto, then pass Regalbuto, going in the direction of Agira. The Cemetery is then signposted about 12 kilometres from Regalbuto.
On 10 July 1943, following the successful conclusion of the north African campaign in mid May, a combined allied force of 160,000 Commonwealth and American troops invaded Sicily as a prelude to the assault on mainland Italy. The Italians, who would shortly make peace with the Allies and re-enter the war on their side, offered little determined resistance but German opposition was vigorous and stubborn. The campaign in Sicily came to an end on 17 August when the two allied forces came together at Messina, but failed to cut off the retreating Axis lines. Agira was taken by the 1st Canadian Division of 28 July and the site for the war cemetery was chosen in September for the burial of all Canadians who had been killed in the Sicily campaign. Agira Canadian War Cemetery contains 491 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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