Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted as a gunner, he trained in Shilo, Alberta, then in Debert, Nova Scotia. He arrived in Great Britain on 15 March 1944. Transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment on 25 June, he landed in Italy on 26 June. Wounded in action by shrapnel to the arms and legs on 14 September 1944 during an assault on Mount Marano while trying to take the Palazzo des Vergers, north of Marano. He died the same day at the 4th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. He had 358 days' service, including 193 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Private Henry Armand Couture
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Cemetery
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Armand Couture
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Armand Couture
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Armand Couture
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Armand Couture
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 281 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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