Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Mike Dubey
In memory of:
Private Mike Dubey
January 4, 1944
Ortona, Italy
Military Service
E/5977
30
Army
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Additional Information
August 17, 1913
St-André, Madawaska, New Brunswick
November 7, 1940
Quebec, Quebec
Baptized Mathew Joseph Dubé. Son of Joseph François Dubé (aka Frank Dubey) and Agnes (aka Alice) Michaud, from Grand Falls, Madawaska, New Brunswick. He served under the name Mike Dubey.
On August 8, 1942, he embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Great Britain, arriving in Liverpool, England, on the 18th. On November 13, 1942, he was awarded the Good Conduct Badge. He was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment on January 28, 1943. On August 15, with Force M, he sailed for Sicily as part of Operation Husky and landed there on the 27th. On September 10 of the same year, he set foot on the Italian mainland at Reggio di Calabria. He was killed in action on January 4, 1944, west of Ortona. His death was confirmed upon arrival at the 5th Canadian Field Ambulance. He was buried on the 5th outside the wall of the playground in Ortona. His body was exhumed on July 19, 1944, and reburied in the Canadian military cemetery at the Moro River. He had served 1,154 days, including 514 overseas.
Commemorated on Page 295 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VIII. G. 14.
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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