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Baptized Paul Rosario Hamelin. Son of Zotique Hamelin and Imelda Duclos, from St-Georges-de-Windsor, Richmond, Québec.
Enlisted with the Voltigeurs de Québec on July 21, 1943, he sailed for Great Britain, where he arrived on the 28th. Assigned to Force M on February 17, 1944, he sailed for the Mediterranean on the 18th. On the 19th, he was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment. He landed in Italy on March 3. On June 26, 1944, he was assigned to the 4th Battalion. He was killed in action on October 19, 1944, during the Battle of Cesena and the Savio River. He had served for 1,222 days, including 456 days overseas.
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Photo of Paul Rosario Hamelin
Professional photo taken before he left to serve overseas. From the personal collection of my father, cousin of Private Rosario HAMELIN. -
Photo of Paul Rosario Hamelin
Photo taken by his family in September 1941, before he left for the front. The photo is part of my father's personal collection. -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Private Paul Rosario Hamelin
Digital gallery of
Private Paul Rosario Hamelin
Digital gallery of
Private Paul Rosario Hamelin
Digital gallery of
Private Paul Rosario Hamelin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 326 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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