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Baptized Joseph Lucien Hormidas Faubert, he only served under the name Lucien Faubert. Son of Exilmer Faubert and Blanche Cardinal of St-Henri, Montréal, Québec.
On June 22, 1942, he enlisted at the Central Reception Center in Montreal in Canada's permanent active militia, in the 3rd Division Reconnaissance, serial number D-546783. He was discharged from the army on February 7, 1943. The next day, he reported to the 4th Military Infantry Depot in Montreal and enlisted in the regular forces, service number D-139298. On December 14, 1943, he sailed for Great Britain and arrived on the 21st. On December 18, 1944, he was incorporated into Force M and sailed for the Mediterranean. On the 19th, he was transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment and landed in Italy on March 3. He was wounded in action on March 29 by a bullet in the back and was evacuated. He returned to duty on June 5. On September 16, 1944, he was killed in action by a sniper during an assault on the heights of San Martino, near the belvedere. The fighting was fierce. He was buried on the 19th near San Martino, and his remains were exhumed on May 31, 1945, to be reburied in Gradara.
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Page 302 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GRADARA WAR CEMETERY Italy
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY is situated in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro, at a distance of about 1.5 kilometres from the shores of the Adriatic. To reach the GRADARA WAR CEMETERY from Highway A14 (Bologna-Taranto), exit at Cattolica, which is the nearest town and a seaside resort. The Cemetery is on the main road 5 kilometres south west of the town.
The cemetery occupies a unique position on a hillside which was terraced for agriculture, each row of graves taking up one terrace. The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1944 and it contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini (which broke the Gothic Line) and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21st September 1944.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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