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Son of William Edward Hermitage and May Bertha Rickard. Husband of Muriel Sylvia Hermitage, of Northborough, Massachusetts.
He served in the Joliette Regiment – NPAM – and was promoted to second lieutenant on July 27, 1940. On September 27, 1941, he was confirmed in that rank, and on January 8, 1942, upon transferring to the regular forces, he was promoted to lieutenant. On February 28, 1942, he was assigned to the Joliette Regiment. He embarked for Great Britain on September 25 and landed on October 7. On December 17, 1942, he was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment as a signals officer. Assigned to Force M on June 15, 1943, he set sail for the Mediterranean to take part in Operation Husky. He landed on the beach at Pachino around noon on July 10 with the second assault wave. On September 10, he set foot on the Italian mainland at Reggio de Calabria. On December 12, he was seriously wounded in the abdomen and thigh by shrapnel from a mortar shell. He died of his wounds on December 14 at 5:00 p.m., in Fossacesia.
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From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant George Alfred Edward Hermitage
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Lieutenant George Alfred Edward Hermitage
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Page 170 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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