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Son of Sinaï Bonenfant and Georgina Goyette from St-Narcisse, Champlain, Québec.
Transferred to the 4th Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment on 24 October 1944, he found himself fighting in Cesena, Italy. He was killed in action the following 2 December on the banks of the Lamone River. He was buried on the 5th along the road north-west of Russi, in grave 9, before being exhumed and reburied in the British cemetery at Ravenna, Italy.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
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Effigie du soldat Robert Bonenfant - Monument des soldats morts en service - La Sarre, Abitibi, Québec
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Private Robert Bonenfant
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Private Robert Bonenfant
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 253 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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