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Enlisted in the Maisonneuve Regiment, he sailed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on February 16, 1941, and landed at Gourock, Scotland, on March 3. He was loaned to the 2nd Canadian Royal Canadian Engineer from June 9 to 28, 1941, then to the 1st Road Construction Company of the Royal Canadian Engineer from July 19 to December 9, 1941. He was transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment on June 1, 1943. On the 29th, he embarked for Sicily, where he landed on July 11, 1943, as part of Operation Husky with Force M. On September 9, he set foot on the Italian mainland. He was mortally wounded in combat on May 19, 1944, near Pontecorvo during an assault on the Hitler Line in the Liri Valley. He died the same day. He was initially buried on the 28th in Pontecorvo. He was exhumed on August 14, 1945, and reburied in the Cassino cemetery. He had served 1,704 days, including 1,188 overseas.
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Page 290 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CASSINO WAR CEMETERY Italy
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres south-east of Rome. It is situated in the valley of the River Liri immediately below the southern spurs of the central Apennines. Above it at a distance of one kilometre is the dominating hill on which stands the Abbey of Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedict in the year 529 on the site of an ancient temple of Apollo.
If approaching the CASSINO WAR CEMETERY by road, follow the Highway A2 from Rome to Naples and leave it at the Cassino exit. After passing the pay booths, follow the sign for Cassino. At the traffic lights, after a block of flats, turn right towards the locality of S. Angelo and the CWGC signs will then be seen.
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