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His full name was Joseph Alphonse René Laurent Langlois. He was the son of Alphonse (alias Albert) Langlois and Florida Gosselin of Victoriaville, Quebec.
He enlisted in the Fusiliers du St-Laurent, on February 15, 1943 was assigned to the 24th Reconnaissance Regiment of the Voltigeurs de Québec, with which he sailed for Great Britain on July 21, 1943, landing in Greenock, Scotland, on the 27th. On October 2, he was transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment. On the 27th, as part of Force M, he sailed for the Mediterranean and set foot on the Italian mainland on November 9. On December 26, he intentionally shot himself in the left foot, allegedly while cleaning his weapon. After a long hospital stay, he rejoined his regiment on May 1, 1944. He was killed in action on September 14, 1944, during an assault on Mount Marano while attempting to capture the Palazzo des Vergers, north of Marano. He was buried in Pesaro near the battlefield, in the regiment’s cemetery, grave number 10. Around October 30, 1944, his body was exhumed and reburied in Gradara.
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Page 359 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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