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Enrolled with the 4th District Military Depot, he embarked for Great Britain on December 26, 1943, arriving at his destination on January 3, 1944. Transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on February 19, 1944, he was assigned to the Mediterranean theater of operations. He arrived in Italy on March 3, 1944, and landed on the 4th. He was wounded in action by a bullet on September 15, 1944 near Palazzo des Vergers. He rejoined his unit on December 14. Reported missing and presumed POW on February 4, 1945 along the Senio river in the Russi sector of Italy, he was confirmed as having been killed in action on that date. His body was never found. He had 663 days' service, including 406 overseas.
In a letter dated March 21, 1945, Major-General Walford, Ottawa, Ontario, informs the father that his son was part of a team of four soldiers commissioned to lay barbed wire. He was last seen around 7 p.m. on February 4, 1945. The soldiers never returned.
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Commemorated on:
Page 508 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CASSINO MEMORIAL Italy
Cassino War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres south-east of Rome. It is situated in the valley of the River Liri immediately below the southern spurs of the central Apennines. Above it a distance of one kilometre is the dominating hill on which stands the Abbey of Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedict in the year 529 on the site of an ancient temple of Apollo.
If approaching the cemetery by road, follow the Highway A2 from Rome to Naples and leave it at the Cassino exit. After passing the pay booths, follow the sign for Cassino. At the traffic lights, after a block of flats, turn right towards the locality of S. Angelo and the CWGC signs will then be seen.
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