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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
September 3, 1918
Shawinigan Falls, Québec
Enlistment:
August 16, 1941
Farnham, Québec
Death:
November 26, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. H. 13.
Additional information
Son of Louis Arthur and Albertine Pellerin, of Shawinigan Falls, Province of Quebec.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Emile Roger Pellerin
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Letter
Letter from the Department of National Defence with information about the photo of the temporary grave in Italy. -
Letter of condolences from the Red Cross.
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Grave Marker
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Moro River Canadian War Cemetery
Moro River cemetery in Ortona where he is buried. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article about Remembrance Day in Shawinigan in front of the war monument, in 1948. Émile Roger Pellerin's father on the top image. -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembrance Day service in front of the Shawinigan war monument in the late 1940'. -
Testimonials from participants.
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Testimonials from participants.
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Letter
Thank you letter to Émile Roger Pellerin's mother, written from the Royal 22e Régiment's Victoria Cross recipient Paul Triquet -
Temporary Grave Markers
Photo taken at San Pietro, Italy, where Émile Roger Pellerin died. Evidence suggest he is one of the five in the battlefield graves seen here. -
Newspaper Clipping
Émile Roger Pellerin's death notice in a newspaper clipping. -
Letter
Letter from the Royal 22e Régiment to Émile Roger Pellerin's father about items of a parcel sent from home that were distributed to comrades in Europe after his death. -
Letter
Letter from Régiment de Joliette (2e bataillon, compagnie C) asking information about Émile Roger Pellerin for the Honour Roll. -
Card
Note from the Department of National Defence to the family. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (far left) at a military base. -
Photo of Émile Roger Pellerin
in uniform. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (top row, sixth from right) with comrades at a military camp. -
Group Photo
Comrades, probably in Europe. Émile Roger Pellerin not in the photo, he may have taken the shot himself. -
Newspaper Clipping
Shawinigan newspaper article about a service in his local church. His body was buried in Italy. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article with details about the service in his local church in Shawinigan. -
Temporary Grave Marker
Temporary cross on Émile Roger Pellerin's grave at the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery near Ortona, Italy. -
Letter
Letter from the Department of National Defence about his grave in Italy. -
Family Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin, at the far right, with his sisters. His younger brother wasn't born yet. -
Photo of Emile Pellerin
Émile Roger Pellerin, in his childhood, relaxing near a tree. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin and his classmates. He is fifth on our left, on the lower row. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin, group photo of the drama class at Collège Immaculée-Conception of Shawinigan, in 1928 (he was 9 or 10 years old). He is on the top row, second from our left, with his name inked above his head. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin, group photo of the drama class at Collège Immaculée-Conception of Shawinigan. It was a comedy show in April 1935. He is seated, and wears a wig. -
Photo of Emile Pellerin
Émile Roger Pellerin wearing a costume for a play. -
Photo of Emile Pellerin
Émile Roger Pellerin (left) wearing a costume for a play. -
Photo of Emile Pellerin
Émile Roger Pellerin in his teenage years. -
Photo of Emile Pellerin
Émile Roger Pellerin in his teenage years. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin with his family (sisters, brother, father and mother) as well as a few friends, during their vacation at Lac des Piles in Grand-Mère. He is standing up, fourth from the right. He was around 18 years old. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin standing up, third from our right. -
Photo of Émile Roger Pellerin
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Photo of Émile Roger Pellerin
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Émile Roger Pellerin (left) with a friend.
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Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (third from our left) with friends. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (left) with friends on Boulevard St-Maurice in Shawinigan. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (far left) with friends. -
Certificate
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Émile Roger Pellerin with a friend.
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Photo of Émile Roger Pellerin
Émile Roger Pellerin close to the Shawinigan Falls, in his early twenties. -
Photo of Émile Roger Pellerin
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article with mention of Émile Roger Pellerin leaving his job at the Royal Bank to join the army. -
Document
Official document of Émile Roger Pellerin qualifying as Lieutenant in the Canadian Infantry. -
Émile Roger Pellerin in uniform.
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Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (centre) with comrades at a military camp. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (far right) with comrades. -
Photo of Émile Roger Pellerin
Émile Roger Pellerin in uniform at a military camp. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (top row, seventh from right) with comrades at a military camp. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (bottom row, fourth from right) with comrades at a military camp. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (second bottom row, first from right, seated on the bench) with comrades. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin (10th face from left) parading with comrades at a military camp. -
Photo of Émile Roger Pellerin
Émile Roger Pellerin leaving his family and friends to board the train in Shawinigan. It would be the last time they have seen him... -
Photo of Émile Roger Pellerin
Émile Roger Pellerin leaving his family and friends to board the train in Shawinigan. It would be the last time they have seen him... -
Memorial
War monument in Shawinigan. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article about Émile Roger Pellerin's mother being selected as part of the 1964 commemorative pilgrimage to Italy. She had been chosen to represent Canadian mothers who lost a son in the Italian Campaign. -
Émile Roger Pellerin's mother.
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Group Photo
Group photo of the 1964 commemorative pilgrimage to Italy participants. Émile Roger Pellerin's mother is on the left, bottom row. -
Group Photo
Boarding the plane before the 1964 commemorative pilgrimage to Italy. Émile Roger Pellerin's mother is fifth from the right. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin's mother (left) while in Italy during the 1964 commemorative pilgrimage, with other participants. -
Group Photo
Émile Roger Pellerin's mother in front of his grave at the Moro River Canadian Cemetery in Ortona, during the 1964 commemorative pilgrimage. She is with Lieutenant-Général Jean-Victor Allard. -
Book
Cover of a book given to Émile Roger Pellerin's mother from participants of the 1964 commemorative pilgrimage. -
Testimonials from participants.
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Testimonials from participants.
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article about the 1966 Remembrance ceremony in Shawinigan, in front of the war monument. Émile Roger Pellerin's mother is shown on the photo after placing her wreath -
Memorial
List of names inscribed on the war monument in Shawinigan, including Émile Roger Pellerin. -
Letter
Letter to the family, from the Imperial War Graves Commission, about the permanent headstone, dated February 9, 1953. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article on the participation of Émile Roger Pellerin's mother to the commemorative pilgrimage of 1964 in Italy published in L'Écho du Saint-Maurice on July 22, 1964. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article on the participation of Émile Roger Pellerin's mother to the commemorative pilgrimage of 1964 in Italy. -
Close up of Émile Roger Pellerin with his mother.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Emile Roger Pellerin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Emile Roger Pellerin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Emile Roger Pellerin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Emile Roger Pellerin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Emile Roger Pellerin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Emile Roger Pellerin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Emile Roger Pellerin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Emile Roger Pellerin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Emile Roger Pellerin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 202 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
By the winter of 1943, the German armies in Italy were defending a line stretching from the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Naples, to the Adriatic Sea south of Ortona. The Allies prepared to break through this line to capture Rome. For its part, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was to cross the Moro River and take Ortona. In January 1944 the Canadian Corps selected this site, intending that it would contain the graves of those who died during the Ortona battle and in the fighting in the weeks before and after it. Today, there are 1,615 graves in the cemetery, of which over 50 are unidentified and 1,375 are Canadian.
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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