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Son of Georges Benoit and Liliane Jutras from 824, Sainte-Angèle Street, Trois-Rivières, Québec.
He became ill on 13 August 1944, he was admitted to the 5th Canadian General Hospital in Rome, Italy, with infectious viral hepatitis. He died on 31 August 1944. He was buried in the Allati Al Testaccio cemetery, near St Paul's Gate, Italy, grave number 10. This site has been renamed Rome Military Cemetery, grave I.F.35. He had 429 days' service, including 149 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Bar.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Elphège Léon Benoit
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Grave Marker
The grave marker of J.E.L. Benoit in the Commonwealth Cemetery in Rome, Italy. Note the different letter in his enlistment number on his marker. -
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Epitaph on the grave marker of J.E.L. Benoit in the Commonwealth Cemetery in Rome, Italy.
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Private Joseph Elphège Léon Benoit
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Private Joseph Elphège Léon Benoit
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 248 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ROME WAR CEMETERY Italy
ROME WAR CEMETERY lies alongside and within the Aurelian Wall of the ancient city of Rome. It is reached from the Piazza Venezia, the centre of Rome, by going down the Via dei Fori Imperiali, past the Coliseum, and along the Viale Aventino as far as the Porta San Paulo. Before reaching this gate and the monumental pyramid of Caius Cestius, a road should be taken to the right along the wall of the so-called Protestant Cemetery, in which are buried the poets Keats and Shelley. Across a road at the far end of that cemetery will be seen the ROME WAR CEMETERY.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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