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Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
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Obituary - RICHARD HUTTON -
Entrance
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 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Macleod Soldier Is Wounded<P> ------------ (From Our Own Correspondent.) MACLEOD, Jan. 12-Telegraphic word was received on Tuesday by Mrs. David Hutton of Macleod advising her of the fact that her son Lance Corp. Dick Hutton, above, had recently been wounded in action in Italy. The wire stated that further word would be sent later.<P> "Dick" raised and educated in Macleod, went overseas as a member of the 14th Calgary Army Tank Regiment just before Christmas in 1943.<P> His father David Hutton passed away a few months ago at his home here [Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada] during the absence of both sons overseas. Tpr. "Bill" Hutton, a brother to the wounded soldier, went overseas in 1941 with an armoured division from Calgary.<P> Source: The Lethbridge Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada) Jan 12, 1944 edition of the newspaper
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Richard Hutton
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 173 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.
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