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His full name is Louis Jacques Rémi Cyrille Benoit and signed Cyrille Benoit and served with this first name.
Son of Rémi Benoit and Éva Morneau from Montréal, Québec.
He served as a 2nd lieutenant in the Régiment de Châteauguay (MG) from 1937 before being incorporated into the regular forces of that unit on 9 October 1939. He sailed for England with the Royal 22e Régiment on 6 October 1941 aboard the SS Andes. He was officially incorporated into the regiment on 4 June 1942. He was shot and killed in action on 29 December 1943 near the rivers Riccio and Arielli, Italy. He was first buried near the chapel in Ortona, then reburied in the Riviere Moro cemetery.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 136 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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