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Military service
Service number:
G/17630
Age:
27
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 24, 1917
Arthurette, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
November 29, 1939
Woodstock, New Brunswick
Death:
September 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 9.
Additional information
Son of Adam and Sadie Willette, of Arthurette, Victoria Co., New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Adam Adolphus Willette
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Photo of Adam Adolphus Willette
Adam Adolphus Willette as a young boy, (approx. 10 years of age) growing up in Arthurette, Victoria County, New Brunswick -
Photo of Adam Adolphus Willette
Adam was buried alive for almost a week after the building he was in was bombed. After being rescued, weak and close to death, he was brought to a hospital where he seemed to be getting stronger. In a letter home to his mother, dictated to a priest as he was still too weak to write himself, he said that he was getting better and would be coming home soon. Unfortunately Adam succumbed to his wounds shortly after the letter was dictated. The letter didn't make it home until two days after his mother, Sadie Willette, was informed of his death. -
Photo of Adam Willette
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Cemetery
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Cemetery
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Photo of ADAM ADOLPHUS WILLETTE
This picture is from "The Canadians At War 1939/45 volume 1" hard cover book by Reader's Digest page 166, published 1969. Adam died on September 24th, 1944 at the age of 27 from injuries sustained from a bombing and is buried at The ANCONA WAR CEMETERY in Italy. He was buried alive for over a week under a building that was bombed. After being rescued he was taken to a hospital where he dictated a letter home to his mother, Sadie Willett of Red Rapids, Victoria County, New Brunswick, of his situation and that he was coming home soon. She received the letter two days after she was informed he had died of his wounds. -
Trench art
trench art made by Adam and saved by his fiancé -
Trench Art
trench art made by Adam and saved by his fiancé -
Trench Art
trench art made by Adam and saved by his fiancé -
Trench Art
trench art made by Adam and saved by his fiancé -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Adam Adolphus Willette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Adam Adolphus Willette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Adam Adolphus Willette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Adam Adolphus Willette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Adam Adolphus Willette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Adam Adolphus Willette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Adam Adolphus Willette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Adam Adolphus Willette
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Adam Adolphus Willette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 478 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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