Military service
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Enlisted at the 4th District Military Depot in Montreal South, he sailed for Great Britain on December 14, 1943, arriving on the 21st. Incorporated into Force M, he left for the Mediterranean on February 18, 1944, arriving in Italy on March 3. He was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment on June 23 and assigned to the 4th Battalion on August 17, 1944. He was killed in action on September 14, 1944, during an assault on Mount Marano. He was first buried in a makeshift cemetery near the Adriatic coast about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Rimini, in grave number 25. On October 15, 1945, his body was exhumed and reburied in the British Empire Cemetery in Gradara, grave number I.G.46. He had served 592 days, including 275 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Germain Robert Dion
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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 Joseph Germain Robert Dion
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Germain Robert Dion
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Germain Robert Dion
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Germain Robert Dion
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 291 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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