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Baptized Joseph Jean Paul Yvain Larivée. Son of Alexandre Larivée and Rosalba (aka Isalba) Douville of St-Hilaire, Rouville, Québec.
Enlisted at the 4th District Military Depot on August 25, 1943, he sailed for Great Britain, where he arrived on September 1. On February 18, 1944, he was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment, sailed for the Mediterranean with Force M, and landed in Italy on March 3. On the 12th, he was assigned to the 4th Battalion. On April 18, 1944, he was wounded in action by shrapnel to the chest. He remained hospitalized until May 5. On June 19, he was attached to the 1st Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment. On September 4, he was wounded again during an assault on Mount Marano while attempting to capture the Palazzo des Vergers, north of Marano. He was transported to the 5th Casualty Clearing Station in San Giovanni, where he died on the 22nd. He was buried on the 24th at the San Giovanni Military Cemetery before being exhumed around October 30 and reburied at the British Empire Cemetery in Gradara.
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Cemetery
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Joseph Jean Paul Larivée
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Private Joseph Jean Paul Larivée
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Private Joseph Jean Paul Larivée
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Private Joseph Jean Paul Larivée
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 359 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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