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Baptized Joseph Paul Gérard Gagnon, Son of Joseph Antoine Gagnon and Valentine Fournier of Loretteville, Quebec. Brother of Yvonne, André, Antoine et Gaudoise.
Brother of Private Jules Alphonse Gagnon , service number L-12289 who died while serving with the South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C. during the raid of Dieppe on August 19, 1942.
Enlisted in the Royal 22nd Regiment, he sailed for Great Britain on May 12, 1940, and landed in Liverpool, England, on the 21st. He was awarded the Good Conduct Badge on February 12, 1942, and received it on the 28th. On June 15, 1943, he joined Force M and sailed for Sicily to take part in Operation Husky. On July 10, he landed on the beaches at Pachino around noon with the second wave of the assault. On July 30, 1943, with two comrades, he attempted to capture a German 88 mm gun embedded in a casemate on Mount Santa Maria when a German soldier came out waving a white flag. Gagnon exposed himself to capture him. At the same moment, a German soldier who had remained inside fired a bullet at him.
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Photo of Gérard Gagnon
Gérard Gagnon was born on Januray 22, 1917 to Joseph-Antoine Gagnon and Valentine Fournier. -
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War Medals
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Grave Marker
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Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Grave marker
Grave marker from Gerard Gagnon's grave at Agira Canadian War Cemetery.
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Private Gérard Gagnon
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Private Gérard Gagnon
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Private Gérard Gagnon
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Private Gérard Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Gérard Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Gérard Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Gérard Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Gérard Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Gérard Gagnon
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 161 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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