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Lance Corporal Paul Cloutier

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Military service

Service number: D/94145
Age: 22
Rank: Lance Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth: October 9, 1921 La Tuque
Enlistment: January 23, 1942
Death: March 5, 1944 Near San Nicola, Italy

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 14.
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Baptized Joseph Paul Émile Alexandre Cloutier. Son of Delphis Cloutier and Adélia (alias Léa) Poitras of La Tuque, Laviolette, Quebec. Two of his brothers also served and fought in Europe during the Second World War.

Enlisted on 30 October 1941 under the National Resources Mobilization Act of 1940, he underwent training in Joliette, Quebec, until 23 January 1942, regimental number E-77562. He was enrolled on 23 January 1942 in Joliette and immediately sent to Camp Valcartier where he was integrated into the 20th Field Ambulance of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, regimental number D-94145. Assigned to the Quebec Citadel, he was incorporated into the 1st Battalion of the Quebec Voltigeurs. On 21 July 1943, he embarked for Great Britain, arriving on the 28th. Transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on 13 September 1943, he immediately left for Italy, where he landed on the 24th and joined the 4th Battalion on 2 November. He was reported missing in action on 5 March 1944 in the San Nicolas village area, and on 22 November was presumed killed in action. He had 773 days' service, 228 of them overseas.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 275 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CASSINO MEMORIAL Italy

Cassino War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres south-east of Rome. It is situated in the valley of the River Liri immediately below the southern spurs of the central Apennines. Above it a distance of one kilometre is the dominating hill on which stands the Abbey of Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedict in the year 529 on the site of an ancient temple of Apollo.

If approaching the cemetery by road, follow the Highway A2 from Rome to Naples and leave it at the Cassino exit. After passing the pay booths, follow the sign for Cassino. At the traffic lights, after a block of flats, turn right towards the locality of S. Angelo and the CWGC signs will then be seen.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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