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Baptized Joseph Rodolphe Gaston Marcel Favreau. Son of Rodolphe Favreau and Florentine Fournier of Montréal, Québec.
In November 1941, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps' 3rd Army Field Workshop, registration number D-552612, until he joined the regular forces. April 23, 1942. On June 18, he was assigned to the Régiment de Maisonneuve at his request. In July 1943, he transferred to the Voltigeurs de Québec. On July 21, he sailed for Great Britain and on the 28th, he landed at Greenock, Scotland. Incorporated into Force M, he sailed again on September 12, 1943, landing in Italy on the 24th. On November 12, 1943, he was transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment. He was killed in action on October 22, 1944, during the Battle of Cesena and the Savio River. He was buried on the 23rd in Cesena. On April 4, 1945, his body was exhumed and reburied in the military cemetery in Cesena. He had served 913 days, including 459 overseas.
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Page 303 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CESENA WAR CEMETERY Italy
CESENA WAR CEMETERY lies in the Commune of Cesena, in the Province of Forli, and is situated one kilometre north-east of Cesena railway station on the provincial road to Cervia (Route No.71 bis).
If exiting at Cesena from the highway, the sign will be seen for the Cemetery. From the other direction in Cesena, follow the sign to Rimini and then Cervia and the Cemetery will be found on the right.
The CESENA WAR CEMETERY is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff, but will be unmanned.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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