Enlisted on 17 June 1942 with the Fusiliers du Saint-Laurent in Québec, Québec, regimental number E-57849, he was sent on 8 September 1942 to the territorial defence at Mulgrave, Gaspé, Québec, returning to the Fusiliers du Saint-Laurent on 19 December the following year. On 14 February 1943, he was posted to the 24th Regiment in Susses and on the 15th was transferred to the 1st Régiment des Voltigeurs de Québec in Québec. He left for England on 21 July 1943, arriving on the 28th. On 12 September, he left for Italy and was transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on the 13th. On 14 December, he went to the front line and took part in the fighting at Ortona. He was killed in action on 19 May 1944 during an assault against the Hitler Line in the Liri Valley. He was buried there before being exhumed and reburied in Cassino cemetery, Italy.
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY 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 at 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 CASSINO WAR 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.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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