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Robert Cantin

In memory of:

Private Robert Cantin

August 28, 1944
Pont-de-L’Arche, Normandie, France

Military Service

Service Number:

H/46557

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.

Division:

(Motor), R

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp

Additional Information

Born:

May 1, 1920
Wabigoon Indian Reserve, Dinorwic, Ontario

Enlistment:

June 12, 1941
Dryden, Ontario

Son of Charley Cantin and Annie Chief, of Dinorwic, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 267 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

XXIII. D. 5.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Private Robert Cantin is also commemorated on the Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) Memorial located in Hillcrest Park, Thunder Bay, ON … May 2018 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Private Robert Cantin is also commemorated on the Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) Memorial located in Hillcrest Park, Thunder Bay, ON … May 2018 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) Memorial located in Hillcrest Park, Thunder Bay, ON … May 2018 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) Memorial located in Hillcrest Park, Thunder Bay, ON … May 2018 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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  • Notification of death– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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  • Photo of Robert Cantin– Private Robert Cantin (1920-1944)

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    Photo of Robert Cantin – Private Robert Cantin (1920-1944)
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