Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Charles Eusèbe Boulianne
In memory of:
Lance Corporal Charles Eusèbe Boulianne
October 9, 1943
Jelsi, Italy
Military Service
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Army
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Additional Information
December 16, 1916
Chicoutimi, Quebec
September 14, 1939
Chicoutimi, Quebec
Son of Jean Boulianne and Lydia Gilbert from Chicoutimi, Québec.
He previously served with the Régiment du Saguenay from 26 June 1937 to 13 September 1939. Assigned to B Company of the Royal 22e Régiment, he took part in the Allied landings in Sicily on 10 July 1943. He arrived in Italy on 3 September and was killed in action on 9 October 1943 in the hills of Jelsi, Italy. He was buried on the 10th by the roadside in Gambatesa. He was exhumed and reburied at the Moro River Cemetery in Ortona, Italy. He had 1,487 days of service, including 1,400 days overseas.
Commemorated on Page 138 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
III. D. 3.
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.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Sculpture – A modern sculpture, created by Armand Vaillancourt of Montréal, was erected near City Hall on 15 November 1959 by the Young Chamber of Commerce of Chicoutimi. It is dedicated to the citizens of Chicoutimi who died during the two Great World Wars and calls to mind the horrors of war, 201 Racine Street, Chicoutimi, Quebec. 1914-1918 AUBIN L. BOLDUC J.R. BOULIANNE C. BEAUHEMIER J.E. KANE R. CÔTÉ R. DALLAIRE E. DESBIENS J. DESMEULES A. DUBÉ J. DUBUC J. FORTIN A. GAGNON S. GIRARD J. GUAY P.E., D.S.O. LAROUCHE W. 1939-1945 À CET ENDROIT, EST ENFOUIE DE LA TERRE PRISE EN FRANCE EN 1953 SUR LA TOMBE D'UN GARS MORT AU FRONT EN 1944. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=3821
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