Military service
Burial/memorial information
An only child, he embarked for Great Britain on September 13, 1943, arriving at his destination on the 19th. On February 18, 1944, he boarded a troop transport that landed him in Italy on March 3. He was slightly wounded in combat on March 14. Wounded a second time on September 20 in the San Fortunato sector by an explosion, he died on the 22nd at the 4th Canadian Clearing Station. He was buried the same day in the regimental cemetery, grave 31. After the war, he was exhumed and reburied in the cemetery in Gradara. He had served 481 days, including 375 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Private Marcel Deschenes
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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
Digital gallery of
Private Marcel Deschenes
Digital gallery of
Private Marcel Deschenes
Digital gallery of
Private Marcel Deschenes
Digital gallery of
Private Marcel Deschenes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 289 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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