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Baptized Joseph Léo Rouville Fortin, he served under the name Roville Fortin, Son of Arthur Fortin and Alberta Lahaie, of Greenlay, Richmond, Québec.
Enlisted in the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec City, Quebec, he sailed for Great Britain on June 9, 1940, and landed in Liverpool, England, on the 21st. On June 15, 1943, he set sail again to take part in the Allied landing in Sicily on July 10, 1943, with Force M, Operation Husky. He landed around noon with the second wave of the assault. He was killed in action on August 17, 1943, by multiple shrapnel wounds during a German ambush on the Monte delle Forme plateau in Sicily. He was buried nearby on the 19th and exhumed shortly before October 14, 1944, to be reburied in the Canadian military cemetery in Agira. He had served 1,261 days, including 1,131 overseas.
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Private Roville Fortin
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Private Roville Fortin
Digital gallery of
Private Roville Fortin
Digital gallery of
Private Roville Fortin
Digital gallery of
Private Roville Fortin
Digital gallery of
Private Roville Fortin
Digital gallery of
Private Roville Fortin
Digital gallery of
Private Roville Fortin
Digital gallery of
Private Roville Fortin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 160 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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