Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Pierre-Paul Caron
In memory of:
Private Pierre-Paul Caron
September 15, 1944
Mount Marano, Italy
Military Service
E/100408
22
Army
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Additional Information
November 13, 1921
Quebec, Quebec
July 27, 1942
Quebec, Quebec
Son of Pierre Félix Caron and Aurore Boucher from Québec, Québec.
Enlisted in the Voltigeurs de Québec, he was transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on 23 December 1943 and arrived in Italy on the 24th. He was killed in action on 15 September 1944 during an assault on Mount Marano. He was buried in Pesaro before being exhumed and reburied in Gradara. He had 782 days' service, including 421 overseas.
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, 40.
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.
Digital Collection
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Cemetery – View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
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Cemetery – Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Cemetery – Row of markers in the tiered cemetery - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Cemetery – Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013
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