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Digital gallery of Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
Anderson, Douglas Thomas - Lieutenant. Born 4th August, 1916, at Shallow Lake, Ont. Educated at Strathcona Public School, and Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Entered the service of the Bank 21st January, 1935. Served at branches in Ontario. Enlisted 1st August, 1941, from Coboconk in R.C.A. Second Lieutenant 13th August, 1942; Lieutenant 20th August, 1942. Transferred to The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders 20th August, 1942. Overseas in March, 1943. Transferred to The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment 23rd September, 1943. Killed in action in Italy 23rd December, 1943. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
From the Owen Sound Sun Time January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
From the Owen Sound Sun Time January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Anderson, Douglas Thomas - Lieutenant. Born 4th August, 1916, at Shallow Lake, Ont. Educated at Strathcona Public School, and Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Entered the service of the Bank 21st January, 1935. Served at branches in Ontario. Enlisted 1st August, 1941, from Coboconk in R.C.A. Second Lieutenant 13th August, 1942; Lieutenant 20th August, 1942. Transferred to The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders 20th August, 1942. Overseas in March, 1943. Transferred to The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment 23rd September, 1943. Killed in action in Italy 23rd December, 1943. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
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From the Owen Sound Sun Time January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Time January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 131 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
By the winter of 1943, the German armies in Italy were defending a line stretching from the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Naples, to the Adriatic Sea south of Ortona. The Allies prepared to break through this line to capture Rome. For its part, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was to cross the Moro River and take Ortona. In January 1944 the Canadian Corps selected this site, intending that it would contain the graves of those who died during the Ortona battle and in the fighting in the weeks before and after it. Today, there are 1,615 graves in the cemetery, of which over 50 are unidentified and 1,375 are Canadian.
The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery lies in the locality of San Donato in the Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti, and is sited on high ground near the sea just east of the main Adriatic coast road (SS16). The cemetery can be reached from Rome on the autostrada A25 (Rome-Pescara) by branching on the autostrada A14 and leaving it at Ortona. The approach road to the cemetery from the main road passes under an arch forming part of the little church of San Donato. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.
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