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Gerard Roland Boucher

In memory of:

Private Gerard Roland Boucher

September 14, 1944
Mount Marano, Italy

Military Service


Service Number:

D/142019

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar

Additional Information


Born:

July 27, 1924
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 13, 1943
Montreal South, Quebec

His full name is Joseph Gérard Roland Boucher.

Son of Private Adélard Boucher, serial number 3166522, Canadian Machine Gun Company, and Albertine Blais. He fought in France before being demobilized on 22 June 1919, in Montréal, Québec. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

On 26 March 26, 1944, he embarked for Italy. He was killed in action on 14 September 1944, during an assault on Mount Marano, Italy, while attempting to take the Palazzo des Vergers, north of Marano. He was buried on the 19th in a temporary cemetery, grave number 32, some 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Pesaro. On 31 May 1945, he was exhumed and reburied in the Gradara war cemetery.

Commemorated on Page 254 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I, G, 58.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Markers– Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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