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Son of Charley Cantin and Annie Chief, of Dinorwic, Ontario.
This young Amerindian from the Objiway nation enlisted with the Canadian Forestry Corps Wing in Dryden, Ontario, and transferred to the Lake Superior Regiment, an infantry unit that became a motorized unit in January 1942. On August 22, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he left for Great Britain aboard HMT Strathmore with convoy NA-15, docking on September 1 at Trade Wharf in Glasgow, Scotland. On July 26, 1944, his regiment landed on the Red Beach section near Graye-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Delayed, he rejoined his unit on the 28th and made contact with the enemy on the 29th at If as a Vicker personnel transport driver, taking part in Operation Totalize. He was killed in action on August 28, 1944 at Pont-de-L'Arche on the road to Louviers by German 88 mm cannon fire or by an anti-tank gun. He was buried by the roadside before being exhumed and reburied at Bretteville-sur-Laize. He had served 1,174 days, including 738 overseas.
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Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cantin
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cantin
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cantin
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cantin
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cantin
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cantin
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cantin
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cantin
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cantin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 267 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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