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Mitchell Sterlin

In memory of:

Lieutenant Mitchell Sterlin

December 19, 1943

Military Service


Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Additional Information


Born:

May 9, 1921
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

May 8, 1942
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Leon and Helen Trapido Sterlin, of Los Angeles, California. B.Sc. Hons. (McGill University).

Lieutenant Mitchell Sterlin has been honoured by having Sterlin Lake named after him. The location of Sterlin Lake is in Yukon (105C03- 60° 08’ 25”- 133° 10’ 11”).

Commemorated on Page 216 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VII. A. 14.

Location:

By the winter of 1943, the German armies in Italy were defending a line stretching from the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Naples, to the Adriatic Sea south of Ortona. The Allies prepared to break through this line to capture Rome. For its part, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was to cross the Moro River and take Ortona. In January 1944 the Canadian Corps selected this site, intending that it would contain the graves of those who died during the Ortona battle and in the fighting in the weeks before and after it. Today, there are 1,615 graves in the cemetery, of which over 50 are unidentified and 1,375 are Canadian.

The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery lies in the locality of San Donato in the Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti, and is sited on high ground near the sea just east of the main Adriatic coast road (SS16). The cemetery can be reached from Rome on the autostrada A25 (Rome-Pescara) by branching on the autostrada A14 and leaving it at Ortona. The approach road to the cemetery from the main road passes under an arch forming part of the little church of San Donato. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Mitchell Sterlin– 1938 graduation photo. West Hill High School Annual (Montreal) page 38.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of Mitchell Sterlin– Picture from West Hill High School Annual 1944 (Montreal). Photo supplied by McGill University.
  • Obituary– Mitchell Sterlin is honoured on page 76 of the memorial book,
CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,
compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948.  
This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume.  For additional information about these archival records, please contact:
The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 
1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)
telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 
facsimile:  514-931-0548 
website:     www.cjc.ca
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