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Enlisted as a gunner, he trained in Shilo, Alberta, then in Debert, Nova Scotia. He arrived in Great Britain on 15 March 1944. Transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment on 25 June, he landed in Italy on 26 June. Wounded in action by shrapnel to the arms and legs on 14 September 1944 during an assault on Mount Marano while trying to take the Palazzo des Vergers, north of Marano. He died the same day at the 4th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. He had 358 days' service, including 193 overseas.
Digital gallery of Private Henry Armand Couture
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Armand Couture
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Private Henry Armand Couture
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Private Henry Armand Couture
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Private Henry Armand Couture
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 281 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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