Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the Royal 22e Régiment, he embarked for Great Britain on 9 December 1939 and arrived in Greenock, Scotland, on 18 December. On 15 August 1943, he set sail again for the Mediterranean and landed in Sicily, Italy, on 27 August as part of Operation Husky, which had begun on 10 July 1943. He was killed in action on 14 September 1944 near Monte Marano by a German Tiger tank shell.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Private Edgar Dallaire
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Grave Markers
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
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 Edgar Dallaire
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Dallaire
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Dallaire
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Dallaire
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 285 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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