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He previously served from 1925 to 1935 in the 59th Heavy Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery and was discharged with the rank of sergeant. Enlisted in the Royal 22nd Regiment, he embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on December 9, 1939, and arrived in Greenock, Scotland, on the 18th. On October 9, 1940, he accidentally shot himself in the right hand while cleaning the barrel of a Bren machine gun. On October 20, 1941, he was awarded the Good Conduct Badge. After being assigned to Force M on June 15, 1943, he embarked for Sicily as part of Operation Husky, where he landed with the Allied forces on July 10. On September 10, he set foot on the Italian mainland. He was killed in action on December 13, 1943, during the Battle of Casa Berardi. He had served 1,514 days, including 1,463 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
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Page 153 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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