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Private Samuel Daigle

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Military service

Service number: E/12022
Age: 26
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth: November 18, 1917 St-Ferdinand-d’Halifax
Enlistment: September 8, 1939
Death: September 1, 1944 Borgo Santa Maria, Italy

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MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: III. C. 9.
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Baptized Joseph Samuel Daigle. Son of Joseph Daigle and Aurélie Fréchette, from St-Ferdinand-d’Halifax, Mégantic, Québec.

Enlisted in the Régiment de la Chaudière (Machine Gun), he embarked for Great Britain on 20 July 1941 and landed at Gourock, Scotland, on the 30th, leaving for Italy on 14 November 1943. On 29 May 1944, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment. He was killed in action on 1 September 1944 during the Battle of Borgo Santa Maria, Italy. He was buried on the 2nd near Pesaro, exhumed and reburied on 22 March 1945 at Montecchio.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 285 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY Italy

The War Cemetery lies in the locality of Montecchio in the Commune of Montelabbate (Province of Pesaro). It stands on rising ground just North of the main road from Pesaro to Urbino, about 12 kilometres west of Pesaro. If approaching by car, take the road 423 from Pesaro to Urbino, following the signs for Montecchio. Just before entering the town, the Cemetery will be seen on the right hand side of the road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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