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Burial/memorial information
Son of Maxime Bélanger and Éva Goulet from Cornwall, Ontario. Husband of Angelina M. Lepage from Cornwall. Father of Claire and Richard Bélanger Jr. Brother of Leading Aircraft Maurice Bélanger, R-254538, Royal Canadian Air Force. He survived the War.
He was killed in action on 12 December 1944 during the assault on the Fosso Vetro canal, between the Lamone and Bagnacavllo rivers in Italy. He was buried by the roadside before being exhumed and reburied in Ravenna, Italy.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar.
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Newspaper clipping
From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freehold newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freehold newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freeholder newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Richard Napoléon Bélanger
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Napoléon Bélanger
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Napoléon Bélanger
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 246 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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