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Henry Carlson enlisted in the Canadian Army Sept. 22, 1943 and became a member of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada at Vancouver, B.C. Henry's name on his birth certificate is Henry Oliver Alf Carlson not Alfred as is shown on his enrolment paper. He was in the 1st infantry division, 2nd infantry brigade. Basic training was at Wainwright, Alberta where he trained as a motorcycle dispatch rider. His bike flipped and he suffered a broken leg. He shipped out to Britain in 1944. Here he met up with his brother Rudy who was in the Canadian Air Force. He was then sent to northern Italy and took part in some of the toughest fighting of World War II. It was near Verona that at the age of twenty, he was instantly killed by a sniper on January 11, 1945. Henry is interred at the Raveena War Cemetary on the east coast of Italy. Reference MR425395 sh 89/111. Plot VI C 21. He is on the honour roll of the Royal Canadian Legion in Surrey, B.C. -
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January 11, l945
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Private Henry Oliver Alf Carlson
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Private Henry Oliver Alf Carlson
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Private Henry Oliver Alf Carlson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Oliver Alf Carlson
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Private Henry Oliver Alf Carlson
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Private Henry Oliver Alf Carlson
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Private Henry Oliver Alf Carlson
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Page 501 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY Italy
The site for the cemetery was selected by the Army in 1945 for burials from the surrounding battlefields. Ravenna was taken by the Canadian Corps at the beginning of December 1944, and the burials in the cemetery there reflect the fighting for the Senio line and the period of relative quiet during the first three months of 1945. Many of the men buried there were Canadians; one of the last tasks of the Canadian Corps before being moved to north-west Europe was the clearing of the area between Ravenna and the Comacchio lagoon. Others are Indians from the 10th Indian Division, and New Zealanders. The Cemetery also contains the graves of 30, 1914-18 War casualties concentrated in March 1974 from Gradisca Communal Cemetery , Italy and 3 other burials concentrated from other minor cemeteries in Italy. There are now over 30 graves of the First World War and 956 graves plus one Special Memorial of the Second World War.
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