Military service
Burial/memorial information
Baptized Jean Baptiste Haché, he served under the name John Hache. Son of Guillaume (aka Willie) Haché and Émilie Bezeau, of Maisonnette, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick.
Under the National Resources Mobilization Act of 1940 (NRMA), he was enlisted in the 2nd Battalion of the North Shore Regiment, service number G-422928, in Bathurst, New Brunswick, on February 8, 1941. On April 18, 1941, he enlisted in the Régiment de La Chaudière, service number E-10442, at the Citadel of Quebec City, Quebec. On July 20, he embarked for Great Britain and disembarked at Gourock, Scotland, on the 30th after arriving on the 28th. On February 18, 1944, he was assigned to Force M, which was serving in the Mediterranean. On March 3, transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment, he landed in Italy. He was killed in action on December 1, 1944, on the banks of the Lamone River near Russi. He was buried there on the 5th by the roadside, grave number 7. Around December 30, 1944, his body was exhumed and reburied at the Ravenna Cemetery, grave number III.D.7. He had served for 1,325 days, including 1,231 days overseas.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant John Haché
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Photo of John Hache
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From the New Brunswick Royal Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
From the New Brunswick Royal Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
Grave marker of Jean-Baptiste Haché in Italy.
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Haché
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Haché
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Haché
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Haché
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Haché
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Haché
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 324 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY Italy
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.
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