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His full name is Joseph Aimé Odilon Beaudry.
Son of Joseph Beaudry and Zénaïde Boisvert from St-Évariste-de-Forsythe, Québec.
He enlisted on 28 October 1940 in the Canadian Army Service Corps. He was first transferred to the Fusiliers Mont-Royal on 20 November 1940, then to the Royal 22e Régiment on 21 July 1943. He arrived in Sicily, Italy, on 27 August 1943, and landed in Italy on 3 September 1943. He was seriously wounded on 21 November 1943 at Campobasso, Italy, and died of his wounds on 10 December 1943. He was initially buried there, in grave number D5, then he was exhumed around 8 October 1946 and reburied at Rivière Moro, Ortona, Italy.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 135 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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