Military service
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Enlisted in the Régiment de Maisonneuve, he left for Great Britain, arriving on 3 March 1941. Transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on 1 June 1943, he took part in the landing in Sicily, Operation Husky, on 10 July. He also fought at Valguarnera, Catenanuova and Adrano. He landed on the Italian mainland at Reggio. He was killed in action on 9 October 1943 in the hills near Jelsi, Italy. He was buried on the 10th at Gambatesa, Campobasso, near a red house before being exhumed and reburied in the Moro River Cemetery, Ortona, Italy. He had 1,138 days' service, including 965 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 138 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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