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Baptized Joseph Adrien Édouard Roger Dumesnil, he served under the name Adrien Du-Mesnil. Son of Henri Dumesnil and Emma Bouliane, of Montreal, Quebec. Husband of Marie Anna L’Italien, of Rivières-des-Prairies, Quebec. He married under the name Roger Dumesnil.
Enlisted in the Royal Montreal Regiment (MG) in Westmount (now Montreal), he was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment on June 28, 1940, joining the unit on the 29th. On May 22, 1942, he transferred to the Fusiliers du St-Laurent. On September 24, 1942, he embarked for Great Britain, where he arrived on October 7. On April 15, 1943, he returned to the Royal 22nd Regiment. On June 15, he left England to take part in the Allied landing in Sicily, Operation Husky, on July 10, where he landed around noon with the second wave of assault. During the assault on Mount Santa Maria on July 27, 1943, he occupied a defensive position that came under attack. Wounded, he continued to fight until he was buried by a shell explosion and killed. On August 3, a team buried him, but due to the fighting, his grave was lost and his body was never found.
Digital gallery of Private Adrien Du Mesnil
Digital gallery of
Private Adrien Du Mesnil
Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Adrien Du Mesnil
Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 155 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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