Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the Fusiliers du Saint-Laurent, he left for England, arriving on October 4, 1942. Transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment, Company A of the 4th Battalion, on 18 February 1943he embarked for Italy on 16 July 1944 and arrived on 29 July. Wounded in action by shrapnel to the head on 3 January 1945, he died on the 4th at 66 British General Hospiral < Mira Mare di Romagna where he was temporarily buried the same day before being exhumed back to earth at Coriano. He had served 1,031 days, of which 833 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal René Castilloux
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Biography
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Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
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Photo of Rene Castilloux
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Photo of RENE CASTILLOUX
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Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal René Castilloux
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal René Castilloux
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal René Castilloux
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal René Castilloux
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 502 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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