Military service
Burial/memorial information
Arriving in Italy with Les Voltigeurs de Québec in October 1943, he was transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on 23 December 1943. On the 24th, he was in the front line in the Torre Mucchio sector. He was killed in action on 11 January 1944 west of Ortona by a bomb dropped from an aircraft. He was buried near the chapel in Ortona, then exhumed on 9 August 1944 and reburied in the Moro River cemetery, near Ortona.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
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Entrance
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Private Pierre Blais
Digital gallery of
Private Pierre Blais
Digital gallery of
Private Pierre Blais
Digital gallery of
Private Pierre Blais
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 251 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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