Private Henri Paul Isabelle

Enlisted in the Régiment de La Chaudière, he sailed for Great Britain on July 20, 1941, and landed in Gourock, Scotland, on the 28th, returning to Canada on March 28, 1942. He was assigned to the Régiment de Lévis. On March 8, 1943, he returned to Great Britain, arriving on the 18th. He was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment on May 12, 1943. On June 29 of that year, with Force M, he set sail again for the Mediterranean to take part in the Allied landing in Sicily, Operation Husky. He landed on the 11th. On September 10, he landed on the Italian mainland at Reggio di Calabria. On October 24, 1944, he was slightly wounded in the face during combat. On January 2, 1945, he was wounded a second time by shrapnel in the back and was not evacuated. He was killed in action on February 7, 1945, along the Senio River, in the Russi sector. He had served for 1,978 days, including 702 days overseas.