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Lance Corporal Joseph Fernand Alfred Crevier

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Military service

Service number: D/138645
Age: 20
Rank: Lance Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth: March 5, 1924 Montreal
Enlistment: January 11, 1943
Death: December 16, 1944 Near Russi, Italy

Burial/memorial information

RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: III. D. 2.
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Baptised Joseph Alfred Fernand Crevier, he served under the name Fernand Crevier. Son of Alfred Crevier and Rose-de-Lima (alias Délima) Demers of Montreal, Quebec. Enlisted in the 4th Canadian Infantry District Depot, he embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 25 August 1943 for Great Britain, where he landed on 2 September. On 18 February 1944, he was assigned to the Mediterranean theatre of operations and transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment. On 3 March 1944, he landed in Italy, where he was killed in action on 16 December northwest of Russi during the assault on the Fosso Vetro canal between the Lamone and Bagnacavallo rivers. He had 706 days' service, including 479 overseas.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 282 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY Italy

The Ravenna War Cemetery lies on a communal road 1 kilometre south of the SS16 from Ravenna to Ferrara near the village of Piangipane in the Commune and Province of Ravenna. The turning from the main road is at the 143 kilometres stone, 12 kilometres west of Ravenna. The turning is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves sign pointing in the direction of the cemetery, and a road sign marked 'Piangipane 4 kilometres'. Continue along the minor road until a further Commonwealth War Graves sign is seen. The entrance to the cemetery is located on the left hand side of the road.

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.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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