Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enrolled in the Régiment de Châteauguay (MG), Company A - NPAM - regimental number 869, he was first transferred to the Fusiliers Mont-Royal, regimental number D-62807, on 20 July at Camp Valcartier, Québec. He arrived in Gourock, Scotland, on 1 March 1941. On 1 June 1943, he was transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment and sent to the Mediterranean. He landed in Sicily on 11 July 1943, and in Italy on 3 Septembe. He was killed in action during an assault to seize the crossroads north-east of Casa Berardi in the province of Chieti. He was buried there before being exhumed in February 1945 and reburied in the Moro River cemetery in Ortona.
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 141 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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