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Enlisted in the Royal 22nd Regiment, he left for Great Britain on July 15, 1940, and arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, on August 1. On November 4, 1942, he was awarded the Good Conduct Badge. As part of Force M, he embarked for Sicily on June 15, 1943, as part of Operation Husky, and landed on the Sicilian beaches on July 10. In a desperate act, he took his own life on the 15th.
Interred the day he died in San Giacomo, Sicily (Coordinates 245214). His grave was not found later.
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Private Henri Drolet
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Page 155 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.
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