Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the Royal 22e Régiment, he embarked for England on 8 June 1940 and arrived in Liverpool on the 20th. Assigned to the Mediterranean theatre of operations, he left for Sicily, where he landed on 10 July 1943. He landed in Italy on 3 September. He was killed in action on 26 December in the La Torre river sector, province of Chieti. He was buried on the 26th beside the road leading to the church, before being exhumed and reburied in the Moro River cemetery in Ortona, Italy.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Corporal Joseph Brytan
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Cemetery
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Medals
These are medals Corp. Joseph Brytan received. -
Photo of Joseph Brytan
This is a picture of my great uncle who was my grandfathers brother Corporal Joseph Brytan who died at 21 years of age December 26, 1943 in Ortona, Italy. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Joseph Brytan
Digital gallery of
Corporal Joseph Brytan
Digital gallery of
Corporal Joseph Brytan
Digital gallery of
Corporal Joseph Brytan
Digital gallery of
Corporal Joseph Brytan
Digital gallery of
Corporal Joseph Brytan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 141 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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