Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Francis Gallant
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Cemetery
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Memorial Bar
Francis Gallant was a brother to my mother Stella Julie Daigle (née Gallant) The photo is from an album kept by my mother and my grandmother Adèle Gallant (née Caissie) (I wanted to send more pictures of documents, but the form seems to only accept one file) -
Photo of Francis Gallant
An uncle who died before I was born in 1948. My mother Stella's brother. -
Letter
Department of National defense letter to my grand-mother Adèle Gallant with details of pte Francis Gallant's burial in Morro River Cemetery, Ortona, Italy Francis was from a community north east of Moncton NB, called Saint-Philippe.
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Gallant
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Gallant
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Gallant
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Gallant
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Gallant
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Gallant
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 161 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery lies in the locality of San Donato in the Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti, and is sited on high ground near the sea just east of the main Adriatic coast road (SS16). The cemetery can be reached from Rome on the autostrada A25 (Rome-Pescara) by branching on the autostrada A14 and leaving it at Ortona. The approach road to the cemetery from the main road passes under an arch forming part of the little church of San Donato. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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