Military service
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Enlisted on June 19, 1941, at the 5th Clearing Depot – NRMA – serial number E-605194, he was discharged from the army on July 23, 1942. Re-enlisted on February 3, 1943, at the 4th Military Depot in Montreal, Quebec, he sailed for Great Britain on December 14, 1943, arriving on the 21st. Assigned to Force M, he left for Italy on February 18, 1944, and landed on the Italian mainland on April 3. Seriously wounded in combat on December 17, 1944, during an assault on the Coriano Ridge near San Fortunato, he died in the Rimini hospital on the 18th. He had served 594 days, including 279 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 293 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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