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Son of Thomas and Mary Ellen Corkery of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia.
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Corporal Patrick Duncan Corkery
Written by my father, Daniel A Corkery.<P>
F55650 CPL. Patrick Duncan Corkery. <P>
Served with the Cape Breton Highlanders. <P>
Born 9 Sept. 1922. Wounded on active duty in Italy 17 January, 1944 and died of his wounds on 18 January, 1944 at the age of 22. Enlisted 12 August, 1940 at age 18. <P>
Employment: Coal hauler with No.1 Collery in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.<P>
Of Interest: The town of Sydney Mines had the highest enlistment rate in any town of the Commonwealth at 75.9 %. From Sydney Mines 14 were killed; 4 of the soldiers who lost their lives were from the same street as my brother, Patrick Duncan Corkery.
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Corporal Patrick Duncan Corkery
Headstone of Patrick Duncan Corkery's grave in Italy. Truely, the CBH were a "Breed of Manly Men".
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Written by my father, Daniel A Corkery.<P> F55650 CPL. Patrick Duncan Corkery. <P> Served with the Cape Breton Highlanders. <P> Born 9 Sept. 1922. Wounded on active duty in Italy 17 January, 1944 and died of his wounds on 18 January, 1944 at the age of 22. Enlisted 12 August, 1940 at age 18. <P> Employment: Coal hauler with No.1 Collery in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.<P> Of Interest: The town of Sydney Mines had the highest enlistment rate in any town of the Commonwealth at 75.9 %. From Sydney Mines 14 were killed; 4 of the soldiers who lost their lives were from the same street as my brother, Patrick Duncan Corkery.
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Headstone of Patrick Duncan Corkery's grave in Italy. Truely, the CBH were a "Breed of Manly Men".
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Page 279 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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