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Son of François (aka Benjamin) Beaudin and Marie Marthe Dubé from Petite-Rivière-Ouest, Gaspé, Québec.
He enlisted on 19 May 1941, transferred from the Régiment de la Chaudière to the Royal 22e Régiment on 18 February 1944, and arrived in Italy on 3 March 1944. He was killed in action by a sniper on 16 September 1944 during an assault on the heights of San Lorenzo, Italy. He was initially buried by his unit in San Lorenzo before being exhumed and reburied in Gradara, Italy. He had 1,211 days of service, of which 1,154 were overseas.
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 245 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GRADARA WAR CEMETERY Italy
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY is situated in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro, at a distance of about 1.5 kilometres from the shores of the Adriatic. To reach the GRADARA WAR CEMETERY from Highway A14 (Bologna-Taranto), exit at Cattolica, which is the nearest town and a seaside resort. The Cemetery is on the main road 5 kilometres south west of the town.
The cemetery occupies a unique position on a hillside which was terraced for agriculture, each row of graves taking up one terrace. The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1944 and it contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini (which broke the Gothic Line) and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21st September 1944.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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