Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ovila Bouillon
In memory of:
Sergeant Ovila Bouillon
December 13, 1944
Military Service
E/109071
22
Army
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
1939-1943 Star with bar, 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Additional Information
April 24, 1922
St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Rimouski, Quebec
August 17, 1942
Rimouski, Quebec
Son of Louis Bouillon and Eugénie Roy of Rimouski, Québec. Louis was conscripted and enrolled on 30 August 1918 at the Québec City Armoury during the First World War, regimental number 3380432, and assigned to the 3rd Battalion Depot of the Quebec Regiment. He was demobilized on 17 January 1919 in Québec City without ever having seen combat.
Brother of soldiers Lionel and Alvarez Bouillon, who fought in Europe during the Second World War. They survived the war.
Conscripted and enlisted on 17 August 1942 in Rimouski, he was given the service number E-621531. On the 31st, he was transferred to the Régiment de la Chaudière and given the service number E-109071. In England, he was transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on 12 May 1943. On 11 July, he landed in Sicily and on 3 September of the same year, he set foot on the Italian mainland. He was killed in action on 13 December 1944 during the assault on the Fosso Vetro canal, between the Lamone and Bagnacavallo rivers. He was buried north-west of Russi along the Red, grave number 22. He was exhumed and re-interred on 1 August 1946 in the British Empire Cemetery in Ravenna, Italy. He had 836 days' service, of which 627 were overseas.
Commemorated on Page 254 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
II. F. 4.
The Ravenna War Cemetery lies on a communal road 1 kilometre south of the SS16 from Ravenna to Ferrara near the village of Piangipane in the Commune and Province of Ravenna. The turning from the main road is at the 143 kilometres stone, 12 kilometres west of Ravenna. The turning is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves sign pointing in the direction of the cemetery, and a road sign marked 'Piangipane 4 kilometres'. Continue along the minor road until a further Commonwealth War Graves sign is seen. The entrance to the cemetery is located on the left hand side of the road.
The site for the cemetery was selected by the Army in 1945 for burials from the surrounding battlefields. Ravenna was taken by the Canadian Corps at the beginning of December 1944, and the burials in the cemetery there reflect the fighting for the Senio line and the period of relative quiet during the first three months of 1945. Many of the men buried there were Canadians; one of the last tasks of the Canadian Corps before being moved to north-west Europe was the clearing of the area between Ravenna and the Comacchio lagoon. Others are Indians from the 10th Indian Division, and New Zealanders. The Cemetery also contains the graves of 30, 1914-18 War casualties concentrated in March 1974 from Gradisca Communal Cemetery , Italy and 3 other burials concentrated from other minor cemeteries in Italy. There are now over 30 graves of the First World War and 956 graves plus one Special Memorial of the Second World War.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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