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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
C/5569
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 30, 1909
Deseronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 24, 1940
Picton, Ontario
Death:
October 14, 1944
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III, F, 16.
Additional information
Son of Elizabeth Brant, of Deseronto, Ontario. Husband of Irene Brant, of Deseronto, Ontario
Additional citations
Cpl. Huron Brant of Ontario's Bay of Quinte Band was decorated with the Military Medal in Italy in 1943 by General Bernard Montgomery for bravery at Grammichele in Sicily.
Digital gallery of Private Huron Eldon Brant
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Photo of Huron Eldon Brant
Cpl. Huron Brant of Ontario's Bay of Quinte Band was decorated with the Military Medal in Italy in 1943 by General Bernard Montgomery for bravery at Grammichele in Sicily. One year later, he was shot and killed during an attack near Rimini. Brant was one of the more than 200 Aboriginal Canadians who gave their lives in the war. (Capt. Frank Royal / DND / NAC / PA - 130065) -
Memorial
A marble memorial at Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in RR 1 Deseronto, ON was erected by the Kan-Yen-Cen League. This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the local war dead of the Second World War.<P> [front/devant] <BR> IN CHERISHED MEMORY OF OUR HEROES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 FOR JUSTICE - HONOUR - FREEDOM<P> FRANCIS MARACLE - LLOYD BRANT - HURON BRANT M.M. - RUSSEL LOT - KENNETH BRANT - CLIFFORD BRANT - ELMER BRANT - CLINTON TOPPINGS - ROBERT ARMITAGE - HOWARD GREEN - JOHN CULBERTSON - JOHN MARACLE - WILLARD ZACHARIAH <P> "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" <P> ERECTED BY THE KAN-YEN-CEN LEAGUE<P> http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=587 <P> Photo Credit: D.B. Carrington -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Huron Eldon Brant
Digital gallery of
Private Huron Eldon Brant
Digital gallery of
Private Huron Eldon Brant
Digital gallery of
Private Huron Eldon Brant
Digital gallery of
Private Huron Eldon Brant
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 257 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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