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Baptized Joseph Jean Bernard Dumont. Son of Aurèle Dumont and Yvonne Bastille, who were first cousins on their mother's side. The couple had seven children.
He served with the Fusiliers du St-Laurent from February 18, 1939, as a second lieutenant. Enlisted in the Royal 22nd Regiment on March 22, 1940, he was promoted to lieutenant the same day. He sailed for Great Britain on December 13, 1940, and landed in Greenock, Scotland, on the 26th after docking on the 25th. From July 19, 1941, to September 29, 1941, he was assigned to the 1st Road Construction Company of the Royal Canadian Engineer based in Witley. From February 26, 1942, to March 7, 1942, he was seconded to the 2nd Detachment of the Royal Canadian Artillery. On June 15, 1943, he embarked with Force M and landed in Sicily on July 10 as part of Operation Husky. On September 10, he set foot on the Italian mainland. On December 18, 1943, a reconnaissance troop commanded by Lieutenant Jean Bernard Dumont encountered an enemy patrol. A fierce battle ensued and Dumont was reported missing. It was initially believed that he had been taken prisoner. It was later learned that he had been killed east of Cubo, near Casa Berardi.
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Page 155 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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