Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the Voltigeurs de Québec - NPAM - serial number NP 2071, on August 27, 1939, he joined the regular forces of this regiment, serial number E-23342, on October 17. He sailed for Great Britain on July 21, 1943, arriving at his destination on the 28th. On October 27, 1943, he set sail for the Mediterranean and, upon his arrival in Italy on December 21, he was integrated into the 4th Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment. Seriously wounded in combat on February 20, 1940, in the Crecchio sector, he was transported to the 2nd Field Dispensary Station in San Vito, where he died the same day. He was buried on the 21st.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Private Leon Des Rosiers
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Cemetery
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013
Digital gallery of
Private Leon Des Rosiers
Digital gallery of
Private Leon Des Rosiers
Digital gallery of
Private Leon Des Rosiers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 290 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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