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A security guard at the armoury in Rimouski, Québec, with the Fusiliers du Saint-Laurent from 21 September 1939 to 14 February 1940, he became a reservist with this unit - NPAM - regimental number 490, from the latter date to 8 July 1941. Enlisted in the regular forces of this regiment on the 9th, service number E-19349, he left for England on 24 September 1942, arriving on 7 October. Transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on 21 May 1943, he landed in Sicily on 11 July 1943, then in Italy on 3 September. He was killed in action on 15 December 1943 during an assault to seize the crossroads north-east of Casa Berardi, province of Chieti. He was buried there the same day before being exhumed and reburied in the Moro River cemetery in Ortona, Italy.
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Page 140 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery lies in the locality of San Donato in the Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti, and is sited on high ground near the sea just east of the main Adriatic coast road (SS16). The cemetery can be reached from Rome on the autostrada A25 (Rome-Pescara) by branching on the autostrada A14 and leaving it at Ortona. The approach road to the cemetery from the main road passes under an arch forming part of the little church of San Donato. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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