Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Armand Edgar Cardin
In memory of:
Lieutenant Armand Edgar Cardin
September 21, 1944
San Fortunato, Italy
Military Service
28
Army
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Additional Information
September 8, 1916
Rivière-des-Prairies, Quebec
April 16, 1941
St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Son of Elzéar Cardin and Bernadette Léonard from Montréal, Québec. Husband of Françoise Généreux from Montréal. He had no children.
On 4 September 1940, he enlisted with the 6th Hussars of the Active Militia, regimental number D-277, and was promoted to Sergeant on the 5th. On 1 May 1941, he was transferred to the Active Reserve Command - NPAM - of the Canadian Army in St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, with regimental number D-400405. On 12 December 1941, he graduated as 2nd Lieutenant from officer training school in Brockville, Ontario, and on 12 January 1942, as Lieutenant. On 20 July 1943, he embarked for England, arriving on the 28th. On 22 December 1943, he was first transferred to the Royal Winnipeg Regiment, and on 24 February 1944 to the Essex Scottish Regiment. On 9 April 1944, he landed in Italy and was transferred to the 4th Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment. He was killed in action on 21 September 1941 during the Battle of San Fortunato. He was buried in Pesaro, Italy, before being exhumed and reburied in Gradara War Cemetery, Italy.
Commemorated on Page 268 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
I, G, 68.
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 -
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Memorial – Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
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Grave Marker – Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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