Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the Royal 22nd Regiment, he left for Great Britain on July 15, 1940, and arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, on August 1. On November 4, 1942, he was awarded the Good Conduct Badge. As part of Force M, he embarked for Sicily on June 15, 1943, as part of Operation Husky, and landed on the Sicilian beaches on July 10. In a desperate act, he took his own life on the 15th.
Interred the day he died in San Giacomo, Sicily (Coordinates 245214). His grave was not found later.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Private Henri Drolet
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Cassino Memorial
Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Drolet
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Drolet
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 155 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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