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Enlisted at the 4th District Military Depot in Montreal South, he sailed for Great Britain on December 14, 1943, arriving on the 21st. Incorporated into Force M, he left for the Mediterranean on February 18, 1944, arriving in Italy on March 3. He was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment on June 23 and assigned to the 4th Battalion on August 17, 1944. He was killed in action on September 14, 1944, during an assault on Mount Marano. He was first buried in a makeshift cemetery near the Adriatic coast about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Rimini, in grave number 25. On October 15, 1945, his body was exhumed and reburied in the British Empire Cemetery in Gradara, grave number I.G.46. He had served 592 days, including 275 overseas.
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 291 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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