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Baptized Joseph Raoul Diogène Jacques, Son of Ernest Jacques and Albertine Labonté, from Montmagny, Québec.
Enlisted at the 54th Canadian Army (Basic) Training Centre in Montmagny, Quebec, he reported that he had served for four years with the Régiment de Montmagny – NPAM – from 1938 to October 11, 1942. He sailed for Great Britain on February 16, 1944, and arrived there on the 25th. On March 26, 1944, he was assigned to Force M, and on the 27th, he embarked for the Mediterranean. He landed in Italy on April 9, 1944, and was immediately transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment. He was killed in action on September 14, 1944, during an assault on Mount Marano while attempting to capture the Palazzo des Vergers located north of Marano. He was buried in Pesaro, grave number 4. On May 31, 1945, his remains were exhumed and reburied in Gradara, grave number I.G.31. He had served for 687 days, including 211 days overseas.
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Page 344 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GRADARA WAR CEMETERY Italy
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY is situated in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro, at a distance of about 1.5 kilometres from the shores of the Adriatic. To reach the GRADARA WAR CEMETERY from Highway A14 (Bologna-Taranto), exit at Cattolica, which is the nearest town and a seaside resort. The Cemetery is on the main road 5 kilometres south west of the town.
The cemetery occupies a unique position on a hillside which was terraced for agriculture, each row of graves taking up one terrace. The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1944 and it contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini (which broke the Gothic Line) and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21st September 1944.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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