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Burial/memorial information
Son of Donat Binette and Yvronne Leroux from Vaudreuil, Québec. Husband of Thérèse Lafranchise. Father of Marie Paule, Monique and Marcille Binette.
Enlisted on 8 December 1941 with the Fusilier Mont-Royal in Montréal, Québec, at his request he was transferred to the Régiment de la Chaudière on 11 June 1942 before moving to the Royal 22e Régiment on 5 May 1943. He landed in Sicily, Italy, on 10 July and was killed in action during an assault on Mount Santa Maria in Agira.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar.
Digital gallery of Private Leo Paul Binette
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Entrance
Entrance - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 -
Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Photo 2 of Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Photo of LEO PAUL BINETTE
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Grave marker
Grave marker from Leo Binette's grave at Agira Canadian War Cemetery. -
Photo of Leo Paul Binette.
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Private Leo Paul Binette
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Paul Binette
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Paul Binette
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Paul Binette
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Paul Binette
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Paul Binette
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Paul Binette
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Paul Binette
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Paul Binette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 136 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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