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Baptized Antoine Lorenzo Huard, he served under the name Lorenzo Huard.
Son of Amédée Huard and Vitaline Bousquet, of St-Hyacinthe, Québec. Brother of Private Gérard Huard, 27, a prisoner of war at Stalag 344 in Germany. He survived the war.
He served from July 1940 until his enlistment in the Régiment de Maisonneuve with the Régiment de Saint-Hyacinthe, service number D-554222. He sailed for Great Britain on March 27, 1943, and arrived on April 3. On May 12, 1943, he was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment. On June 29, he set sail again with Force M and headed to the Mediterranean to take part in the Allied landing on the beach at Pachino, Sicily. He landed on the 11th.
On September 10, he set foot on the Italian mainland at Reggio di Calabria. He took part in the fighting at Potenzo, Sangro, and Torre Muchio. He was killed in action on April 18, 1944, in San Nicola, struck in the head by shrapnel as he was loading a mortar.
He was buried on the 19th at Casa Berardi before being exhumed on July 25 to be reburied at the Moro River Cemetery in Ortona. He had served for 701 days, including 388 days overseas.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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