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Baptized Paul Côme Damien Jules Gagnon. Son of Félix Gagnon and Firmine (aka Feremine) Martin, of Mont-Joli, Matane, Québec.
Enlisted in the 5th District Military Depot, he stated that he served fifteen days in July 1937 and another fifteen days in July 1938 with the Fusiliers du St-Laurent – NPAM. On February 22, 1943, he was transferred to Company A of the Royal 22nd Regiment. On March 10, he sailed for Great Britain, arriving on the 18th. On June 15 of that year, he left for the Mediterranean with Force M to take part in the Allied landing in Sicily, Operation On July 10, he landed on the beaches of Pachino around noon with the second wave of the assault. He died of malaria at the Canadian General Hospital in Syracuse, Sicily. He was buried the same day before being exhumed around October 14, 1944, to be reburied in Agira. He had served 423 days, including 174 days overseas.
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Private Jules Gagnon, Royal 22e Regiment. -
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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 Jules Gagnon's grave at Agira Canadian War Cemetery.
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Private Jules Gagnon
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Private Jules Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Jules Gagnon
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Private Jules Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Jules Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Jules Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Jules Gagnon
Digital gallery of
Private Jules Gagnon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 161 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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