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Enlisted at 2nd District Depot, R Wing, 5th Company, he left for England, arriving on 24 February 1944. On 10 March, he was transferred to the Essex Scottish Regiment and on 1 June to the Régiment de la Chaudière. He landed at Bernières-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, on the 8th. On 5 July 1944, he was taken prisoner by the Germans at Carpiquet. The same day, he escaped and returned to his unit. On 14 August, he was wounded in action at Clair Tizon, near Falaise. On 28 September, he was transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment and joined the battalion in Italy, arriving on 8 October. On 6 November, he was integrated into the 4th Battalion. Accidentally wounded on 3 December by a blast, he returned to the Royal 22e Bataillon on 21 December. Promoted to Lance Corporal on 24 January 1945. He took part in the fighting until 14 March, when he went to France on the 16th and then to the Netherlands. He fought at Nijmegen, the Rhine crossing, Zutphen and Deventer.
‘On 14 April 1945, at 6 a.m., Lieutenant-Colonel Turcot received orders to overtake the Carleton & York and seize the forest between Zutphen and Apeldoorn. C Company would attack from the right, cross the forest and establish itself on the opposite edge. D Company would carry out the same manoeuvre, but from the left. A and B companies followed with armoured vehicles. The regiment suffered eleven dead, nineteen wounded and two missing.’ The History of the Royal 22e Régiment, pages 356-357.
Charland was wounded on 14 April 1945 by shrapnel during the Battle of Yssel, Netherlands, and died the same day in Deventer where he was buried on the 14th, grave 1.1. He will be exhumed and reburied in Hotten. His burial was adopted by H. Brunswick, hotelier at Nijeverdal, Netherlands. He has undertaken to maintain and flower it.
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Page 503 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
Holten is a village 20 kilometres east of the town of Deventer, on the main A1 motorway from Amsterdam to Bremen in Germany. Following the A1 motorway, turn off at exit 26 and follow the N332 in the direction of Holten. Follow the N332 until reaching a signpost for Holterberg. Turn right onto the N344 in the direction of Holten, then at the T junction turn left towards Holten and follow this road to the roundabout. Take second exit then turn first right towards Holterberg. Follow this road uphill until you see a green Commission sign pointing to the right. Turn right down the track and follow to the end. Turn left and the cemetery lies along here on the left hand side.
Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. The great majority of those buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery died during the last stages of the war in Holland, during the advance of the Canadian 2nd Corps into northern Germany, and across the Ems in April and the first days of May 1945. After the end of hostilities the remains of over 1,300 Canadian soldiers were brought together into this cemetery.
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