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In Halifax, Nova Scotia, on July 15, 1940, he embarked for Great Britain, arriving in Glasgow, Scotland, on August 1. He was temporarily seconded to the 1st Anti-Tank Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery from May 1 to June 14, 1943. On the 15th, with the Royal 22nd Regiment, he set sail again to take part in Operation Husky, the Allied landing in Sicily. He landed on July 10 with Force M. On September 10, he set foot on the Italian mainland. On January 31, 1944, he was hospitalized for hepatitis. He died of jaundice on February 3, 1944, at the 1st Canadian General Hospital in Barletta, where he was buried in grave number F-8. On February 10, 1945, his body was exhumed and reburied in the Canadian military cemetery in Bari in grave number III.C.39.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
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Digital gallery of
Private Armand Desrosiers
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Desrosiers
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Desrosiers
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Desrosiers
Digital gallery of
Private Armand Desrosiers
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 290 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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